In this podcast, Professor Andrew Hogan examines the history of the social and medical models of disability and mental illness. The social model characterizes disability as the product of an unaccommodating and oppressive society. In contrast, the medical model supposes that a disability is an individual and medical diagnosis.Prof. Hogan is assistant professor in the Department of History at Creighton University in Omaha, Nebraska. His research examines evolving clinical perspectives and narratives of disability.Full humanities article (subscription required): www.cmaj.ca/lookup/doi/10.1503/cmaj.181008----------------------------------------------------------------------Subscribe to CMAJ Podcasts on Apple Podcasts, iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher, Overcast, Instacast, or your favourite aggregator. You can also follow us directly on our SoundCloud page or you can visit www.cmaj.ca/page/multimedia/podcasts.