Description: Mental Retardation and Sterilization : A Problem of Competency and Paternalism, Paperback by MacKlin, Ruth (EDT); Gaylin, Willard (EDT), ISBN 1468439251, ISBN-13 9781468439250, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US 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 1. 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. 053. 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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Book Title: Mental Retardation and Sterilization : A Problem of Competency an
Number of Pages: Xxvii, 247 Pages
Publication Name: Mental Retardation and Sterilization : a Problem of Competency and Paternalism
Language: English
Publisher: Springer
Subject: Ethics, Public Health, People with Disabilities, Psychopathology / General
Publication Year: 2012
Item Height: 0.2 in
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 12.8 Oz
Author: Willard Gaylin, Ruth Macklin
Subject Area: Social Science, Psychology, Medical
Item Length: 8.3 in
Series: The Hastings Center Series in Ethics Ser.
Item Width: 5.8 in
Format: Trade Paperback
