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• Title:Impairment and disability : law and ethics at the beginning and end of life / Sheila A.M. McLean and Laura Williamson.
  
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• Author/Creator:McLean, Sheila.
  
• Other Contributors/Collections:Williamson, Laura.
  
• Published/Created:Abingdon [England] ; New York : Routledge-Cavendish, 2007.
  

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  • Location:LAW LIBRARY (level 3)Where is this?
    
  • Call Number: WB60 .M354 2007
    
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  • Status:Available
    

  • Location:WOODWARD LIBRARY stacksWhere is this?
    
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• Library of Congress Subjects:Medical ethics.
  Euthanasia--Moral and ethical aspects.
  Terminal care--Moral and ethical aspects.
  
• Medical Subjects: Disabled Persons.
  Ethics, Clinical.
  Disabled Persons--legislation & jurisprudence.
  Human Rights.
  Life.
  Prejudice.
  
• Description:207 pages ; 24 cm
  
• Series:Biomedical law and ethics library.
  
• Summary:This text deals with disability discrimination specifically in matters of life and death, examining the ethical and legal concerns which arise. As well as covering euthanasia and the right to life debate, the authors also deal with broader ethical analyses surrounding the rights of the disabled.
  
• Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
  
• ISBN:1844720411 (hardback)
  9781844720415 (hardback)
  1844720403 (pbk.)
  9781844720408 (pbk.)
  
• Contents:Pt. 1. Background you need.
  What is brain-compatible teaching
  The old and new of it
  When brain research is applied to the classroom everything will change
  Change can be easy
  We're not in Kansas anymore
  Where's the proof
  Tools for exploring the brain
  Ten reasons to care about brain research
  The evolution of brain models
  Be a brain-smart consumer: recognizing good research
  Action or theory: who wants to read all that research
  Excellent sources of research
  Fun factoids on the brain
  What's in the human brain
  Brain teaser
  The brain divided
  The brain connected
  Brain geography
  Brain "cell" ebration: far-out facts about brain cells
  Learning happens but how
  Are today's kids different
  Boy's and girl's brain differences
  Learning disabilities; different brains
  The cranial soup bowl: understanding the chemicals in our brains
  pt. 2. The foundation for teaching is principles, not strategies. What are the principles
  Principle 1: the principle of change: brain is dynamic, not fixed
  Principle 2: the principle of variety: all brains are unique
  Principle 3: the principle of developmental sensitivity
  Principle 4: the principle of interaction: we have a social brain
  Principle 5: the principle of connectivity: the brain is an integrated system of systems
  Principle 6: the principle of memory malleability
  Principle 7: the principle of resource consumption
  necessity for processing
  pt. 3. So what; now what. Asking big questions: what's in a brain-compatible curriculum
  Brain-compatible test-taking success strategies
  Systemic change: the next level
  Big picture analysis: transformation happens
  Action research makes a difference
  The learning community
  What's next.