In general, the majority of the studies reveal what is clear even to the uninformed eye: no comprehensive, effective system for evaluating the quality and quantity of health care has yet been defined. Essentially, these studies point up five basic problems. (57 pp.)
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Mental Retardation:I. Nature and Manifestations
Mental retardation does not stand alone as a field for scientific investigation. Its scientific roots lie within the subdivisions of developmental psychology, e.g., intelligence and cognition, attention and habituation, learning theory and behavior principles, language, and psycholinguistics. The understanding of mental retardation is advanced only as far as investigations in the component fields of developmental psychology. Although particular developmental issues may be studied to advantage within the retarded population, developmental psychology is the mirror within which mental retardation must be viewed for scientific purposes. (47 pp.)
Mental Retardation:II. Care and Management
All services are being ordered along a continuum which will allow progressive movement of the individual toward as much independence in adult life as the degree of normative skill development will permit. (33 pp.)
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