What would bring a physician to conclude that sterilization is appropriate treatment for the mentally ill and mentally handicapped? Using archival sources, Ian Robert Dowbiggin documents the involvement of both American and Canadian psychiatrists in...
What would bring a physician to conclude that sterilization is appropriate treatment for the mentally ill or handicapped? Using archival sources, the author documents the involvement of both American and Canadian psychiatrists in the eugenics movement of the early 20th century. He explains why professional men and women committed to helping those less fortunate than themselves arrived at such morally and intellectually dubious conclusions.
