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" Mental Retardation and Sterilization A Problem of Competency and Paternalism. "
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BL
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721597
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b541304
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Mental Retardation and Sterilization A Problem of Competency and Paternalism.
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Springer Verlag, 2013
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1468439235
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: 9781468439236
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I.- 1: An Awareness of Consequences.- 2: Toward a Definition of Mental Retardation.- 3: Educating the Retarded.- 4: The Competence of the Mildly Retarded.- 5: Involuntary Sterilization and the Law: A Review of Court Cases in the United States.- 6: Involuntary Sterilization and the Rights of the Mentally Retarded.- 7: Voluntary Sterilization: A Viable Alternative?.- 8: Options for the Future.- II.- 9:Distinguishing Mentally Retarded Persons from Nonretarded: A Distinction That Makes a Difference.- 10: The Bright Man's Burden: On the Right of Mere Normals to Restrict the Civil Liberties of the Mildly Mentally Retarded.- 11: Voluntary and Involuntary Sterilization: The Legal Precedents.- 12: Sterilizing the Mildly Mentally Retarded without Their Consent: The Philosophical Arguments.- Excerpts from Five Court Cases Involving Sterilization of Mentally Retarded Persons.- Case 3:In the matter of the temporary guardianship of Mary Louise Anderson.
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HV3006.A4M468 2013
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