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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Tác giả khác: Wright, David, 1965-, Digby Anne
Định dạng: Licensed eBooks
Ngôn ngữ:Tiếng Anh
Được phát hành: London ; New York : Routledge, 1996.
Loạt:Studies in the social history of medicine.
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Tóm tắt: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.
Mô tả sách:Based on a conference sponsored by the Society for the Social History of Medicine, held in London in 1992.
Mô tả vật lý:1 online resource (viii, 238 pages) : illustrations
Thư mục:Includes bibliographical references and index.
số ISBN:0203162242
9780203162248
9780415112154
041511215X
9786610327768
6610327769
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9781138878266
113887826X