Gallaudet University Pr.
Titles appearing in SciTech Book News — September 2007
Surgical consent; bioethics and cochlear implantation.
Ed. by Linda Komesaroff.
Gallaudet University Pr., ©2007 203 p. $65.00 RF305
978-1-56368-349-7
The issue arises because most cochlear implants are performed on children, whose competence to consent is highly questionable. Ethicists, educators, and Deaf leaders grapple with the question, providing alternatives to the medicalized perspective on deafness proffered by the media and the implant industry. Their topics include legal rights and responsibilities, the psycho-social development of deaf children, cochlear-implanted children in Sweden's bilingual schools, and freedom of speech for deaf people. (Annotation ©2007 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)
