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Author O'Brien, Gerald, 1958- author

Title Eugenics, genetics, and disability in historical and contemporary perspective : implications for the social work profession / Gerald O'Brien
Published New York : Oxford University Press, 2022
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Description 1 online resource
Summary In the U.S. the eugenic alarm grew in the first three decades of the twentieth century leading to sterilization, institutionalization and other laws to restrict procreation, especially among persons with certain disabilities. This period also marked the beginning of the social work profession; and many social workers struggled with coming to grips with eugenics as a possible means of improving society. These historical issues have evolved in many ways, but the continued inter-relationship between the social work profession and persons with disabilities has particular importance during an era marked by continued genetic innovations and controversies
Notes Also issued in print: 2023
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on December 21, 2022)
Subject Eugenics -- United States
Social service -- United States
Sociology of disability -- United States
Eugenics.
Social service.
Sociology of disability.
United States.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780197611265
0197611265
9780197611258
0197611257