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Mental Retardation and Sterilization: A Problem of Competency and Paternalism Softcover Repri Edition
Contributor(s): Macklin, Ruth (Author), Gaylin, Willard (Author)

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 ISBN: 1468439251     ISBN-13: 9781468439250
Publisher: Springer
OUR PRICE: $104.49  

Binding Type: Paperback
Published: November 2012
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BISAC Categories:
- Political Science | Civil Rights
- Medical | Administration
- Medical | Public Health
Dewey: 323.3
Series: Hastings Center Series in Ethics
Physical Information: 0.58" H x 5.83" W x 8.27" L (0.73 lbs) 247 pages
 
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1 This book is the product of a one-year project conducted by the Hastings Center, Institute of Society, Ethics and the Life Sciences, during 1976-1977. The Behavior Control Research Group-an ongoing, interdisciplinary working group com- posed of philosophers, psychiatrists, psychologists, social sci- entists, and lawyers-met four times over the course of the year with special consultants with expertise in the field of mental retardation. At those meetings, participants gave in- formal presentations, which were followed by group discus- sion. As the project progressed, formal papers were delivered and subjected to further critical commentary. This volume, in two related parts, represents the deliberations of the group as a whole, and then offers individual papers prepared by some scholars in order to give a sense of the kind of specific arguments on which the general conclusions were based. We undertook the project to examine: (1) questions of competence and consent; and (2) the practical implications, lThe project, entitled "Ethical Issues in the Care and Treatment of the Mildly Mentally Retarded," was supported by the EVI5T program of the National Science Foundation under Grant No. 05576-14793. Any Opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed herein are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation. ix x PREFACE in terms of care and treatment, that evolve from differing definitions and models applied to mental retardation.
 
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