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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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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London ; New York :
Routledge
1996.
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| Edition: | 1st edition |
| Series: | Studies in the social history of medicine.
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| See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009798492906719 |
| Summary: | 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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| Item Description: | Based on a conference sponsored by the Society for the Social History of Medicine, held in London in 1992. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (248 p.) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781134831999 9781280327766 9780203162248 |
