People with Cognitive Disabilities: The Argument from Marginal Cases and Social Work Ethics

Social Work

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 331-337

  O'Brien, Gerald V ^a  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY EDWARDSVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

Animalization; Cognitive disabilities; Marginalized groups; Social work ethics

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL RIGHTS; DEHUMANIZATION; ETHICS; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; MENTAL PATIENT; PHILOSOPHICAL APPROACH; PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; REVIEW; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL WORK; UNITED STATES; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

PHILOSOPHICAL APPROACH; PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP;

ANIMAL RIGHTS; DEHUMANIZATION; HUMAN RIGHTS; HUMANS; MENTALLY DISABLED PERSONS; PREJUDICE; SOCIAL WORK; UNITED STATES; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

EID: 0041736172     PISSN: 00378046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/sw/48.3.331     Document Type: Review

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