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Reconsidering Intellectual Disability
Jason Reimer Greig
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Description for Reconsidering Intellectual Disability
Hardback. What are the biomedical boundaries of acceptable treatment for those not able to give informed consent? Who gets to decide when a patient cannot communicate their desires and needs? This book answers these questions. Series: Moral Traditions Series. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRAM1; HRAM3; HRCM; PSAD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 621.
Drawing on the controversial case of "Ashley X," a girl with severe developmental disabilities who received interventionist medical treatment to limit her growth and keep her body forever small-a procedure now known as the "Ashley Treatment"-Reconsidering Intellectual Disability explores important questions at the intersection of disability theory, Christian moral theology, and bioethics. What are the biomedical boundaries of acceptable treatment for those not able to give informed consent? Who gets to decide when a patient cannot communicate their desires and needs? Should we accept the dominance of a form of medicine that identifies those with intellectual impairments as pathological ... Read more
Drawing on the controversial case of "Ashley X," a girl with severe developmental disabilities who received interventionist medical treatment to limit her growth and keep her body forever small-a procedure now known as the "Ashley Treatment"-Reconsidering Intellectual Disability explores important questions at the intersection of disability theory, Christian moral theology, and bioethics. What are the biomedical boundaries of acceptable treatment for those not able to give informed consent? Who gets to decide when a patient cannot communicate their desires and needs? Should we accept the dominance of a form of medicine that identifies those with intellectual impairments as pathological ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Georgetown University Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
Series
Moral Traditions Series
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
Washington, DC, United States
ISBN
9781626162426
SKU
V9781626162426
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Ref
99-26
About Jason Reimer Greig
Jason Reimer Greig spent eleven years with L'Arche, an international federation of Christian communities supporting people with intellectual disabilities, as a house assistant and spiritual life coordinator. He holds an MDiv from Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary and is working on his PhD in theology at VU Free University of Amsterdam.
Reviews for Reconsidering Intellectual Disability
Reconsidering Intellectual Disability is a challenging work of practical theology by a promising young scholar. . . . There is a great deal of wisdom to be gleaned from its argument.
Catholic Books Review
This is an important book. . . . As our society struggles . . . [Greig] reminds us of the importance of community.
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Catholic Books Review
This is an important book. . . . As our society struggles . . . [Greig] reminds us of the importance of community.
... Read more