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035 _a(DE-B1597)9780674036840
035 _a(DE-B1597)584976
035 _a(OCoLC)1322126214
040 _aDE-B1597
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072 7 _aLAW067000
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082 0 4 _a342.72087
084 _aonline - DeGruyter
100 1 _aField, Martha A.
_eautore
245 1 0 _aEqual Treatment for People with Mental Retardation :
_bHaving and Raising Children /
_cValerie A. Sanchez, Martha A. Field.
264 1 _aCambridge, MA :
_bHarvard University Press,
_c[2009]
264 4 _c2001
300 _a1 online resource (464 p.)
336 _atext
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337 _acomputer
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338 _aonline resource
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505 0 0 _tFrontmatter --
_tContents --
_tPreface --
_tAcknowledgments --
_tPart I: Introduction --
_t1 Some Families --
_t2 Public Policy, Past and Present --
_t3 Who Are Called “Retarded”? --
_tPart II: Procreation --
_t4 Procreative Choice—But Whose? --
_t5 Evolution of Policies toward Sterilization --
_t6 Current Policy Issues concerning Sterilization --
_t7 What Should the Standards for Sterilization Be? --
_t8 Sex and Contraception --
_t9 The Limited Impact of Guardianship --
_t10 The Peculiar Problem of Abortion --
_tPart III: A Proposal for Self-Determination --
_t11 Self-Determination Explained and Evaluated --
_t12 Necessary Limitations on Self-Determination --
_t13 The Possibility of Varying the Rule --
_tPart IV: Parenting --
_t14 Some Underlying Rules and Issues --
_t15 Written Law concerning Parenting: Important Issues for Parents with Retardation --
_t16 The Social Welfare System in Practice --
_t17 Reforming the System --
_tConclusion --
_tNotes --
_tBibliography --
_tCases --
_tIndex
506 0 _arestricted access
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520 _aEngaging in sex, becoming parents, raising children: these are among the most personal decisions we make, and for people with mental retardation, these decisions are consistently challenged, regulated, and outlawed. This book is a comprehensive study of the American legal doctrines and social policies, past and present, that have governed procreation and parenting by persons with mental retardation. It argues persuasively that people with retardation should have legal authority to make their own decisions. Despite the progress of the normalization movement, which has moved so many people with mental retardation into the mainstream since the 1960s, negative myths about reproduction and child rearing among this population persist. Martha Field and Valerie Sanchez trace these prejudices to the eugenics movement of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. They show how misperceptions have led to inconsistent and discriminatory outcomes when third parties seek to make birth control or parenting decisions for people with mental retardation. They also explore the effect of these decisions on those they purport to protect. Detailed, thorough, and just, their book is a sustained argument for reform of the legal practices and social policies it describes.
538 _aMode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
546 _aIn English.
588 0 _aDescription based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 26. Aug 2024)
650 7 _aLAW / Mental Health.
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700 1 _aSanchez, Valerie A.
_eautore
850 _aIT-RoAPU
856 4 0 _uhttps://doi.org/10.4159/9780674036840
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780674036840
856 4 2 _3Cover
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