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A first-hand account of the scandal at New York's Willowbrook Home for the handicapped, the five-year court battle that followed, and the fate of the home's 5,400 handicapped residents
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"The Rothmans deserve commendation... for taking some chances and for illustrating some of the realities that underlie contemporary public policy."
--Edward Berkowitz, The Journal of American History
"The Rothmans deserve commendation... for taking some chances and for illustrating some of the realities that underlie contemporary public policy."
--Edward Berkowitz, The Journal of American History
-The Rothmans deserve commendation... for taking some chances and for illustrating some of the realities that underlie contemporary public policy.-
--Edward Berkowitz, The Journal of American History
David J. Rothman is Bernard Schoenberg Professor of Social Medicine and director of the Center for the Study of Society and Medicine at Columbia University. His books include Strangers at the Bedside: A History of How Law and Bioethics Transformed Medical Decision Making, Beginnings Count: The Technological Imperative in American Health Care, and with Sheila M. Rothman, The Pursuit of Perfection: The Promise and Perils of Medical Enhancement. Sheila M. Rothman is professor of public health in the Division of Sociomedical Sciences at Columbia University. Her books include Woman's Proper Place: A History of Changing Ideals and Practices, 1870 to the Present, and Living in the Shadow of Death: Tuberculosis and the and the Experience of Illness in American History.
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- PublisherHarpercollins
- Publication date1984
- ISBN 10 0060152346
- ISBN 13 9780060152345
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages405
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