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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| Fformat: | Licensed eBooks |
| Iaith: | Saesneg |
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London ; New York :
Routledge,
1996.
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| Cyfres: | Studies in the social history of medicine.
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| Mynediad Ar-lein: | https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=71374 |
| Crynodeb: | 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. |
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| Disgrifiad o'r Eitem: | Based on a conference sponsored by the Society for the Social History of Medicine, held in London in 1992. |
| Disgrifiad Corfforoll: | 1 online resource (viii, 238 pages) : illustrations |
| Llyfryddiaeth: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 0203162242 9780203162248 9780415112154 041511215X 9786610327768 6610327769 9781134831999 1134831994 9781134831944 1134831943 9781134831982 1134831986 9781138878266 113887826X |