Disability, Difference, Discrimination: Perspectives on Justice in Bioethics and Public Policy

by Anita Silvers, David Wasserman, Mary Briody Mahowald, et al.

How should we respond to individuals with disabilities? What does it mean to be disabled, and is a disabled person necessarily less independent and less competent than a person who is not disabled? Is a life with a disability a life worth living? In this compelling book, three experts on disability issues, ethics, and the law address several pressing issues in bioethics, including the prospect of genetic discrimination, heroic treatment of seriously...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 084769223X
• ISBN13: 9780847692231
• Release Date: January 1999
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.04 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.8" x 9.0"