The Beautiful Unwanted by Chris Kaposy
Chris Kaposy reflects on parenting his son with Down syndrome in the midst of a supposed disappearance of people with this condition. Writing from a pro-choice, disability-positive perspective, Kaposy presents decades-old bioethical controversies, revealing the prehistory that has shaped current attitudes toward intellectual disability.“The Beautiful Unwanted is wide-ranging in its discussion, covering historical terrain and past bioethical controversies, but doing so by interweaving personal experiences and continually linking up these discussions with the present daySince Kaposy doesn’t follow a linear, temporal narrative, he effectively shows how we’ve inherited deeply rooted beliefs and attitudes that inform choices today.” Thomas W. Pearson, author of An Ordinary Future: Margaret Mead, the Problem of Disability, and a Child Born Different
Chris Kaposy is a bioethicist in the Faculty of Medicine at Memorial University.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780228019008 |
| ISBN 10 | 0228019001 |
| Title | The Beautiful Unwanted |
| Author | Chris Kaposy |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | McGill-Queen's University Press |
| Year published | 2023-10-15 |
| Number of pages | 208 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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