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Philosophical and ethical problems in mental handicap
- Author:
- BYRNE P
- Publisher:
- Macmillan
- Publication year:
- 2000
- Pagination:
- 188p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Basingstoke
Surveys the conceptual, ethical, social and religious issues which arise from the fact that many human beings have learning difficulties. Explores the definition of learning disability and its relations to IQ and the scientific study of intelligence. Examines the contention that the notion of mental handicap has o objective foundation but is merely the agent of oppression, and analyses policies and practices in paediatric medicine in relation to people with learning difficulties.