Latin American Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Bioethics and Disabilities

This book provides a critical analysis of the experiences of people with disabilities in Latin America, covering intellectual and psychosocial disabilities. It offers an interdisciplinary perspective, discussing philosophical, ethical, legal, political, and social issues. It also discusses theoretical references from South America and the global scientific community. The authors address medicalization, demedicalization, psychiatric institutionalization, and the treatment of children with antipsychotics. It appeals to psychologists, social scientists, bioethicists, healthcare personnel, philosophers, and lawyers working with cases related to people with disabilities.

Format: Hardback
Length: 151 pages
Publication date: 01 February 2023
Publisher: Springer International Publishing AG

This comprehensive book delves into a critical examination of the lives of individuals with disabilities in Latin America, encompassing a wide array of topics related to intellectual and psychosocial disabilities. Written by Latin American researchers and adopting an interdisciplinary approach, it makes a unique sociocultural contribution to the fields of bioethics and disability studies. Providing an in-depth overview, it addresses philosophical, ethical, legal, political, and social issues, while also offering insights into the global scientific community by discussing theoretical references from South America in conjunction with those from Europe and the United States. The core questions explored range from criteria for human flourishing to philosophical inquiries into the mind, neuroethics, and phenomenological and aesthetic approaches to intellectual and psychosocial disabilities. Legal and political investigations delve into the rights of those affected and the processes of their self-organization. The authors also address the dynamics of medicalization and demedicalization, the practices of psychiatric institutionalization, and the treatment of children with antipsychotics. This book is of immense value to psychologists, social scientists, bioethicists, healthcare professionals, philosophers, and lawyers who work with cases related to people with disabilities.

Weight: 412g
Dimension: 235 x 155 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9783031228902
Edition number: 1st ed. 2023