Ethical Issues in Reducing Responding of Institutionalized Mentally Retarded Persons.

Repp, Alan C.; Deitz, Diane E. D.

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Ethical Issues in Reducing Responding of Institutionalized Mentally Retarded Persons

Repp, Alan C.; Deitz, Diane E. D.

Mental Retardation, 16, 1, 45-6, Feb 78

The use of behavior reduction methodologies with institutionalized retarded persons involves some ethical issues in the following areas: (1) the reasons for intervention, (2) protection of the rights of residents, and (3) protection of the rights of other involved persons. (IM)

Descriptors: Behavior Change, Change Strategies, Civil Liberties, Ethics, Institutionalized Persons, Mental Retardation, Severe Mental Retardation

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