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Legal experts, human services workers, and other advocates for the mentally disabled present the Ame...
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Legal experts, human services workers, and other advocates for the mentally disabled present the American Association on Mental Retardation's new approach to issues of informed consent and choice by persons with mental retardation. The nine chapters address consent in regard to adult guardianship, health care, sexual activity, residential options, legal capacity and representation, and extraordinary interventions (e.g. medical research, sterilization, parental rights). Lacks an index. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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