Le handicap met à l'épreuve nos valeurs, notre dignité et notre humanité. Nous aimerions qu'à travers ce livre nous puissions nous interroger sur ce que signifient d'un point de vue éthique, socio-politique et psychologique les concepts d'éducation et de rééducation, de reclassement et de réadaptation, d'intégration et de participation à la vie sociale. Ne cachent-ils pas parfois une sacralisation de la société telle qu'elle est et une interprétation trop faible du droit à la différence? Il faut examiner l'origine sociale possible de certains handicaps et le renforcement de ceux-ci par les institutions, l'imaginaire et la culture. L'idée du droit à la différence n'implique pas seulement que la personne handicapée ait une place reconnue dans la société. Elle implique qu'on lui fasse une place dans la sociabilité et que l'éthique ait prise aussi sur la politique, l'économique et les relations humaines. Le département de Psychologie de la Faculté de Médecine et le Centre Interfacultaire Droit, Ethique, sciences de la Santé des Facultés Universitaires Notre-Dame de la Paix, ont mis ensemble leurs compétences pour tenter d'aborder, avec d'autres, ces questions cruciales en matière de déficience mentale.

First multi-year cumulation covers six years: 1965-70.

This report addresses a broad range of abuses and mistreatment committed against all disabled children and adults. Discrimination against people with disabilities is inextricably linked to abuse and the disabled are often offered less support than other people and barred from effective means of escape or redress when they are harmed. The report aims to make visible the extent and nature of such abuse. It advocates a model of protection that enhances the rights of disabled to take decisions and appropriate risks in their ordinary lives.

For the first time, based on an extensive survey conducted across the whole of Europe by the Association Descartes, the details of over 1,000 persons and organisations are now available. The Directory is broken down into 14 sections : the first section is devoted to European institutions; the next twelve cover each EEC country and list the names of persons and organisations involved in bioethics; a complementary listing covers indispensable persons or organisations; A reference work both for researchers and anybody concerned with bioethics.

Dr. Herman P. Meininger has made important contributions to the ethical reflection in the field of disability and disability studies. In honor to his work this book presentsessays of international well-known experts.

Chronic pain seldom presents alone. Pain patients frequently have comorbid psychiatric conditions and those suffering from mental illness often experience pain. Nonetheless, pain conditions and psychiatric disorders have customarily been understood and treated as different and separate clinical entities, to the detriment of patients' wellbeing. This book will describe the complex and striking relationships between pain and psychiatric disorders, offering the first comprehensive review of the challenging and neglected intersection between pain medicine and psychiatry. Written by world-renowned experts in the fields of pain and psychiatry, chapters contribute a valuable array of clinical and theoretical perspectives and include illustrative case examples throughout.