From idiocy to mental deficiency : historical perspectives on people with learning disabilities /

From Idiocy to Mental Deficiency is the first book devoted to the social history of people with learning disabilities in Britain. Approaches to learning disabilities have changed dramatically in recent years. The implementation of 'Care in the Community', the campaign for disabled rights a...

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Další autoři: Wright, David, 1965-, Digby Anne
Médium: Licensed eBooks
Jazyk:angličtina
Vydáno: London ; New York : Routledge, 1996.
Edice:Studies in the social history of medicine.
On-line přístup:https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=71374
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Shrnutí:From Idiocy to Mental Deficiency is the first book devoted to the social history of people with learning disabilities in Britain. Approaches to learning disabilities have changed dramatically in recent years. The implementation of 'Care in the Community', the campaign for disabled rights and the debate over the education of children with special needs have combined to make this one of the most controversial areas in social policy today. The nine original research essays collected here cover the social history of learning disability from the Middle Ages through the establishment of.
Popis jednotky:Based on a conference sponsored by the Society for the Social History of Medicine, held in London in 1992.
Fyzický popis:1 online resource (viii, 238 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografie:Includes bibliographical references and index.
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