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Edgerton RB. Anthropology and mental retardation: research approaches and opportunities. Cult Med Psychiatry. 1984;8(1):25-48doi: 10.1007/BF00053100.
Edgerton, R. B. (1984). Anthropology and mental retardation: research approaches and opportunities. Culture, medicine and psychiatry, 8(1), 25-48. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00053100
Edgerton, R B. "Anthropology and mental retardation: research approaches and opportunities." Culture, medicine and psychiatry vol. 8,1 (1984): 25-48. doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00053100
Edgerton RB. Anthropology and mental retardation: research approaches and opportunities. Cult Med Psychiatry. 1984 Mar;8(1):25-48. doi: 10.1007/BF00053100. PMID: 6734246.
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Cult Med Psychiatry. 1984 Mar;8(1):25-48. doi: 10.1007/BF00053100.

Anthropology and mental retardation: research approaches and opportunities.

Culture, medicine and psychiatry

R B Edgerton

PMID: 6734246 DOI: 10.1007/BF00053100

Abstract

Although mental retardation is largely a sociocultural phenomenon, anthropological interest in this field has been slow to develop. In recent years, anthropological concepts and methods have been used in study of the community adaptation of mentally retarded persons and societal reactions to them. As an illustration, research developments at the Mental Retardation Research Center, UCLA, are discussed. The need for expanded, collaborative research by social and biomedical scientists is examined. The research puzzles include the links between poverty, ethnicity, schools, families and mental retardation, as well as the nature of intelligence and adaptation.

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