Medical law

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Name: Patel Jaykumar N.
Group: 17LL4(a)
Acceptor: Tatyana Gavrilova

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Mental retardation is a highly prevalent and highly
disabling condition. It is generally considered that 2%
of the Indian population constitutes persons with
mental retardation. In India prevalence of mental
retardation varies from 0.22-32.7 per thousand
populations.
This act was declared in 1995.

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1) To assess the level of disability in mentally
retarded children.
2) Bearing in mind the necessity of assisting
mentally retarded persons to develop their abilities
in various fields of activities and of promoting
their integration as far as possible in normal life.
3) To see the impact of disability of mentally
challenged children on their parents.

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1) The mentally retarded person has, to the maximum
degree of feasibility, the same rights as other human
beings.
2) The mentally retarded person has a right to proper
medical care and physical therapy and to such
education, training, rehabilitation and guidance as will
enable him to develop his ability and maximum
potential.
3) The mentally retarded person has a right to economic
security and to a decent standard of living

5.

Availability, accessibility, acceptability and
quality are the core obligations and elements
of the right to health.
A mentally ill person is in need of special
care and attention both at home and in the
hospital for the simple reason that he/she is
unable to fend for himself/herself.

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Mental retardation makes a person incapable of
living an independent life.
In India, family bears the main burden of caring
for such persons unlike in the developed world.
Family members, particularly parents, are more
affected by the condition.
Normally the people in the society and the
professional workers do not feel the actual stress
and the burden to the extent it is experienced by
the family members of the MR child.

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There is need to find out how disability due
to mental retardation is affecting parents of
such persons in order to help those who are
having negative impact and to find out how
they are positively affected so that others can
be helped in the same manner.
Aim of this study was to know the type of
impact of having a MR child on the parents

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•The main important is to providing services for
persons with disabilities to have equal rights and
opportunities with their active participation .
“ DISABILITY IS NOT INABILITY”