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Last Resort : Psychosurgery and the Limits of Medicine (Cambridge Studies in the History of Medicine)
Last Resort Psychosurgery and the Limits of Medicine - Cambridge Studies in the History of Medicine
Author: Jack D. Pressman
During the 1940s and 1950s, tens of thousands of Americans underwent some form of psychosurgery; that is, their brains were operated upon for the putative purpose of treating mental illness. From today's perspective, such medical practices appear foolhardy at best, perhaps even barbaric; most commentators thus have seen in the story of lobotomy...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780521524599
ISBN-10: 0521524598
Publication Date: 8/8/2002
Pages: 574
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Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Book Type: Hardcover
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