@article{751697,
      recid = {751697},
      author = {Nelson, Monty, and Trussler, Marguerite,},
      title = {Fetal alcohol spectrum disorders in adults ethical and  legal perspectives-- an overview on FASD for professionals  / [electronic resource] :},
      pages = {1 online resource.},
      abstract = {This book discusses and provides insight on the legal and  ethical dilemmas of managing those with Fetal Alcohol  Spectrum Disorder (FASD). This book provides a clear  perspective for those clinicians and legal professionals  who are working with those with this disorder, and  correspondingly increases their understanding when  arranging effective supports for this population.  Historically, the primary focus on FASD has been on  children. However, this is a lifelong disorder, and the  implications of this disorder become even more prominent  and complex in adulthood. Those with this condition can  struggle with impulsiveness, and a host of cognitive  difficulties. This correspondingly impacts their  independence and employability, and produces an elevated  risk for homelessness and other residential issues,  involvement in substance use, being exploited, development  of behavioural issues, and subsequent legal difficulties.  Their cognitive difficulties result in challenges for legal  systems around the world to understand their issues, and to  design appropriate remedial strategies, recommendations for  treatments and supports, and even for understanding the  failure of many of these individuals to be able to change  their behaviours effectively. This produces various legal  and ethical dilemmas, which are discussed in detail in this  volume by 28 authors from Europe, New Zealand, and North  America. These include discussions regarding the rights of  the unborn child, the alcohol industry?s duty to warn,  whether small amounts of alcohol during pregnancy can be  condoned, and even the current use of involuntary  hospitalization for addicted mothers. Other chapters  discuss the need for training on FASD for front line  officers, use of lies during interrogation of those with  FASD, medical and legal interventions for offenders with  FASD, access to diagnostic services and follow-up supports,  and whether FASD can be considered a mitigating factor for  sentencing. Furthermore, caregivers also provide their  stories regarding the daily dilemmas that are faced in  raising those with FASD.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/751697},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-20866-4},
}