Psychiatry and the Legacies of Eugenics Historical Studies of Alberta and Beyond

• その他の著者: Stahnisch, Frank W. (編集者), Kurbegović, Erna (編集者)
• フォーマット: 電子媒体 図書の章
• 言語: 英語
• 出版事項: Canada Athabasca University Press 2020
• 主題: History of medicine; sterilization; Psychology; History; mental health; medical experimentation; reproductive rights; institutionalization; health care; newgenics; policy
• オンライン･アクセス: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

From 1928 to 1972, the Alberta Sexual Sterilization Act, Canada's lengthiest eugenic policy, shaped social discourses and medical practice in the province. Sterilization programs-particularly involuntary sterilization programs-were responding both nationally and internationally to social anxiet...