Disability, Difference, Discrimination: Perspectives on Justice in Bioethics and Public Policy
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How should we respond to individuals with disabilities? What does it mean to be disabled, and is a disabled person necessarily less independent and less competent than a person who is not disabled? Is a life with a disability a life worth living? In this compelling book, three experts on disability issues, ethics, and the law address several pressing issues in bioethics, including the prospect of genetic discrimination, heroic treatment of seriously impaired neonates, and whether severely impaired competent individuals should be permitted or assisted to die. Anita Silvers, David Wasserman, and Mary Mahowald bring important philosophical theories to bear on subjects of concern in a wide variety of disciplines dealing with disability, and they do so in the context of the groundbreaking Americans With Disabilities Act. Disability, Difference, Discrimination will be of great interest to the legal, philosophical, and medical communities engaged in ongoing debates about the disabled.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:084769223X
ISBN13:9780847692231
Release Date:January 1999
Publisher:Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Length:352 Pages
Weight:1.04 lbs.
Dimensions:0.8" x 5.8" x 9.0"
Related Subjects
Civil Rights Civil Rights & Liberties Disability Disabled Discrimination & Racism Humanities Law Philosophy Political Science Politics & Government Politics & Social Sciences Public Policy Race Relations Social Science Social Sciences Specialties Specific Demographics Specific Topics TextbooksCustomer Reviews
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