附註:Includes bibliographical references (pages 159-170) and index.
Cover -- Half-title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- 1 Introduction -- Case 1 -- Case 2 -- Case 3 -- Case 4 -- 2 On the definition of intellectual disability -- Intelligence and intellectual disability -- Metaphors of intelligence -- Measuring intelligence -- The definition of the American Academy of Mental Retardation -- Intellectual disability and health -- Boorse's biostatistical theory of health -- Nordenfelt's welfare theory of health -- Concluding remarks -- 3 Epidemiology of intellectual disability -- Research strategies in the epidemiology of intellectual disability -- Cohort studies -- Cross-sectional studies -- Case-control studies -- Prevalence of intellectual disability -- Causes of intellectual disability -- Trends in the epidemiology of intellectual disability -- 4 Prevention of intellectual disability: general issues -- Levels of prevention -- Why should intellectual disability be prevented? -- Attitudes towards intellectual disability -- Labelling -- General strategies for the prevention of intellectual disability -- Ethical problems in the prevention of intellectual disability: introduction -- Preconception causes -- Prenatal causes -- Perinatal causes -- Postnatal causes -- Concluding remarks -- 5 Prenatal diagnosis and screening -- History -- Methods -- Indications -- Consent for prenatal diagnosis -- The reproductive autonomy model -- Response to a request -- Reassurance -- Who controls prenatal diagnosis? -- The public health model -- Impact on public health -- Economic argument -- 'Medical view' argument -- Additional critical views -- Slippery slope -- Prenatal diagnosis and eugenics -- Impact on the disabled -- Concluding remarks -- 6 Genetic counselling -- Goals -- When is genetic counselling successful? -- Directive or non-directive counselling? -- What is good genetic counselling? -- Geneticisation -- Behind geneticisation -- Consequences of geneticisation -- Concluding remarks -- 7 Why should intellectual disabi
摘要:"This is the first book that covers comprehensively the difficult ethical issues involved in prevention of intellectual disability (learning disability, mental retardation). These issues are discussed both practically and theoretically in the light of four case examples drawn from real life."--Jacket.
