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Downs : the history of a disability  Cover Image Book Book

Downs : the history of a disability / David Wright.

Summary:

For 150 years, Down's Syndrome has constituted the archetypal mental disability, easily recognizable by distinct facial anomalies and physical stigmata. This book looks at the care and treatment of Down's sufferers from Medieval Europe to the present day.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780199567935 (alk. paper)
  • ISBN: 019956793X
  • Physical Description: xiii, 239 p. : ill., ports. ; 21 cm.
  • Publisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2011.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographic references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
The philosopher's idiot -- Mongols in our midst -- The simian crease -- Trisomie vingt-et-un -- Into the mainstream.
Subject: Down syndrome.
Down syndrome > History.
Down syndrome > Patients > Care > History.
Down Syndrome > history.
Disabled Persons > rehabilitation.
History, 19th Century.
History, 20th Century.
History, 21st Century.
Political planning.
Quality of life.
Social Support.

Available copies

  • 1 of 1 copy available at Kirtland Community College.

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Kirtland Community College Library RC 571 .W75 2011 30543369 General Collection Available -


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