Eugenics, Medicine and Mental Deficiency: An Introduction.

Manicol, John

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Publication Date: 1983

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Eugenics, Medicine and Mental Deficiency: An Introduction.

Manicol, John

Oxford Review of Education, v9 n3 p177-80 1983

The idea that social problems were caused by people who were genetically unfit, that such people were readily identified, and that they should not be permitted to reproduce was an important part of discussions about mental deficiency in the period from 1900-1940. Mention is made of the papers which follow. (IS)

Descriptors: Birth Rate, Foreign Countries, Identification, Medicine, Mental Retardation, Nature Nurture Controversy, Population Trends, Public Policy, Reproduction (Biology)

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: United Kingdom (Great Britain)

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