Preventing Intellectual Disability: Ethical and Clinical Issues

by Pekka Louhiala

This is the first book that covers comprehensively the difficult ethical issues involved in prevention of intellectual disability (learning disability, mental retardation). These issues are discussed both practically and theoretically in the light of four case examples drawn from real life. The cases demonstrate various issues raised by the concept of preventing intellectual disability, including definition, epidemiology, screening, and genetic counselling...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521533716
• ISBN13: 9780521533713
• Release Date: January 2004
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 182 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.9" x 9.7"