It should also be mentioned that the concept of functioning has particular relevance for our relations to those human beings who are not yet able to choose (infants), who will never be able to choose (severely mentally disabled individuals), or who have lost this ability through advanced dementia or serious brain damage.
The concept of functioning is introduced explicitly in the biopsychosocial model which forms the framework of the ICF [ 15].
The concept of functioning includes aspects such as the capacity to work, study, live independently, and engage in recreation and romantic life [ 15- 18].
In view of this, investigators have called for in-depth qualitative exploration of the concepts of functioning, disability and functional recovery in people with schizophrenia in LAMIC settings [ 2- 4].
Without them, the iPad would just be another concept-of-function device, targeted at a small crowd with its limited capabilities of web browsing, task management, ebook reading, and media playback.
Lack of connectedness (or lack of financial resources) can be translated into a barrier to agency, following Sen's [12] concepts of functioning and agency deprivation.
The written transcription of the focus group discussions and individual interviews will be analyzed to identify concepts of functioning important to the clients.
Categories out of the component "Environmental Factors" were excluded from this study, because they rather interact with functioning, either as barriers or facilitators, than represent concepts of functioning as goals of nursing interventions [ 11].
Armed with the proper concept of function, one can derive expectations concerning the rates and patterns of evolution of functional and nonfunctional parts of the genome.
A.R. Radcliffe-Brown, a British social anthropologist, gave the concept of social structure a central place in his approach and connected it to the concept of function.
Other writers have used the concept of function to mean the interrelationships of parts within a system, the adaptive aspect of a phenomenon, or its observable consequences.
