Challenges to the human rights of people with intellectual disabilities / / edited by Frances Owen and Dorothy Griffiths ; foreword by Orville Endicott
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| Titolo: |
Challenges to the human rights of people with intellectual disabilities / / edited by Frances Owen and Dorothy Griffiths ; foreword by Orville Endicott
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| Pubblicazione: | London ; ; Philadelphia, : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2009 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (290 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 323.3 |
| 342.087 | |
| Soggetto topico: | Mental health laws |
| People with mental disabilities - Civil rights | |
| Altri autori: |
OwenFrances Ann <1952->
GriffithsDorothy M. <1950->
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| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| Nota di contenuto: | FRONT COVER; CHALLENGES TO THE HUMAN RIGHTS OF PEOPLE WITH INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES; Contents; FOREWORD; Introduction: the Rights Education Project that Inspired This Book; 1. Historical and Theoretical Foundations of the Rights of Persons with Intellectual Disabilities: Setting the Stage; 2. The Emergence of the Human Rights of Persons with Intellectual Disabilities in International Law: The Cases of the Montreal Declaration on International Disabilities and the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities; 3. Right to Life |
| 4. Self-Determination and the Emerging Role of Person-Centred Planning: A Dialogical Framework5. Legal Rights and Persons with Intellectual Disabilities; 6. Medical Rights for People with Intellectual Disabilities; 7. Sexuality and Human Rights of Persons with Intellectual Disabilities; 8. Right to Evidence-Based Treatment for Individuals with Developmental Disabilities: Issues of the Use of Therapeutic Punishment; 9. Rights and Education; 10. Ensuring Rights: Systemic and Educational Approaches; CONTRIBUTORS; SUBJECT INDEX; AUTHOR INDEX | |
| Sommario/riassunto: | This book provides a multidisciplinary examination of human rights and the lives of people with intellectual disabilities. It combines historical, psychological, philosophical, social, educational, medical and legal perspectives to form a unique and insightful account of the subject. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Challenges to the human rights of people with intellectual disabilities |
| ISBN: | 1-282-05932-7 |
| 9786612059322 | |
| 1-84642-886-6 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910816405203321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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