Ethical Issues in Developmental Disabilities
Published on 1. June 1994
210 pages
978-1-62625-038-3 (ISBN)
Description
Views of the ethical treatment of persons with disabilities are changing rapidly. The fervently held goals of yesterday are often the rejected status quo of today. Bringing together behavioral psychologists, physicians, consumers, and advocates, this book deals with how things ought to be for persons with developmental disabilities. If you work with persons who have disabilities, you need this book.
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Linda J. Hayes
Ethical Issues in Developmental Disabilities
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06/1994
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Content
- Intro
- Table of Contents
- Preface
- 1. Ethics, Choice and Value
- 2. Stages of Moral Development as Stages of Rule-Governance
- 3. Ethical Issues Concerning Persons with Developmental Disabilities: A Developmental Perspective
- 4. Competence
- 5. Inclusion in Childhood Services: Ethics and Endocratic Oughtness
- 6. The Right to Effective Behavioral Treatment
- 7. Ethical Advocacy in Developmental Disabilities: A Performance Engineering Perspective
- 8. Adult Services: Opportunities to Demonstrate Competence
- 9. Pharmacological Treatment of Behavioral Problems in People with Mental Retardation: Some Ethical Considerations
- 10. Social Responsibility: Genetics and the Developmentally Disabled
- Concluding Discussion: Bringing Professional Behavior Under Control
- Concluding Discussion: Agreeing on Working Assumptions
