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Mental Retardation and Sterilization

A Problem of Competency and Paternalism

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  • © 1981

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Editors:
  1. Ruth Macklin

    1. Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, USA

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  2. Willard Gaylin

    1. The Hastings Center, Hastings-on-Hudson, USA

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Part of the book series: The Hastings Center Series in Ethics (HCSE)

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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxvii
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  2. Part I

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. An Awareness of Consequences

      • Ruth Macklin, Willard Gaylin
      Pages 3-10

    3. Toward a Definition of Mental Retardation

      • Ruth Macklin, Willard Gaylin
      Pages 11-31

    4. Educating the Retarded

      • Ruth Macklin, Willard Gaylin
      Pages 33-43

    5. The Competence of the Mildly Retarded

      • Ruth Macklin, Willard Gaylin
      Pages 45-62

    6. Involuntary Sterilization and the Law

      • Ruth Macklin, Willard Gaylin
      Pages 63-79

    7. Involuntary Sterilization and the Rights of the Mildly Retarded

      • Ruth Macklin, Willard Gaylin
      Pages 81-103

    8. Voluntary Sterilization A Viable Alternative?

      • Ruth Macklin, Willard Gaylin
      Pages 105-114

    9. Options for the Future

      • Ruth Macklin, Willard Gaylin
      Pages 115-124

  3. Part II

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 125-134
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    2. Distinguishing Mentally Retarded Persons from Nonretarded

      • Travis Thompson
      Pages 135-147

    3. The Bright Man’s Burden

      • Daniel I. Wikler
      Pages 149-166

    4. Voluntary and Involuntary Sterilization

      • Michael D. Bayles
      Pages 167-180

    5. Sterilizing the Mildly Mentally Retarded without Their Consent

      • Robert Neville
      Pages 181-193

  4. Back Matter

    Pages 195-247
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About this book

1 This book is the product of a one-year project conducted by the Hastings Center, Institute of Society, Ethics and the Life Sciences, during 1976-1977. The Behavior Control Research Group-an ongoing, interdisciplinary working group com­ posed of philosophers, psychiatrists, psychologists, social sci­ entists, and lawyers-met four times over the course of the year with special consultants with expertise in the field of mental retardation. At those meetings, participants gave in­ formal presentations, which were followed by group discus­ sion. As the project progressed, formal papers were delivered and subjected to further critical commentary. This volume, in two related parts, represents the deliberations of the group as a whole, and then offers individual papers prepared by some scholars in order to give a sense of the kind of specific arguments on which the general conclusions were based. We undertook the project to examine: (1) questions of competence and consent; and (2) the practical implications, lThe project, entitled "Ethical Issues in the Care and Treatment of the Mildly Mentally Retarded," was supported by the EVI5T program of the National Science Foundation under Grant No. 05576-14793. Any Opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed herein are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation. ix x PREFACE in terms of care and treatment, that evolve from differing definitions and models applied to mental retardation.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, USA

    Ruth Macklin

  • The Hastings Center, Hastings-on-Hudson, USA

    Willard Gaylin

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Mental Retardation and Sterilization

  • Book Subtitle: A Problem of Competency and Paternalism

  • Editors: Ruth Macklin, Willard Gaylin

  • Series Title: The Hastings Center Series in Ethics

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-3923-6

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 1981

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4684-3925-0Published: 25 November 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4684-3923-6Published: 13 March 2013

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXVII, 247

  • Topics: Public Health

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