Understanding autism parents, doctors, and the history of a disorder
Autism has attracted a great deal of attention in recent years, thanks to dramatically increasing rates of diagnosis, extensive organizational mobilization, journalistic coverage, biomedical research, and clinical innovation. Understanding Autism, a social history of the expanding diagnostic categor...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Princeton, NJ ; Woodstock :
Princeton University Press
2011.
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| Edición: | Course Book |
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009798273306719 |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Front matter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction. Love as an Analytic Tool
- Part One
- 1. Research Programs, "Autistic Disturbances," and Human Difference
- 2. Love Is Not Enough: Bruno Bettelheim, Infantile Autism, and Psychoanalytic Childhoods
- 3. Expert Amateurs: Raising and Treating Children with Autism
- Interlude. Parents Speak: The Art of Love and the Ethics of Care
- Part two
- 4. Brains, Pedigrees, and Promises: Lessons from the Politics of Autism Genetics
- 5. Desperate and Rational: Parents and Professionals in Autism Research
- 6. Pandora's Box: Immunizations, Parental Obligations, and Toxic Facts
- Conclusion. What the World Needs Now: Learning About and Acting on Autism Research
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
