Name: Last Resort Hardback: Psychosurgery and the Limits of Medicine (Cambridge Studies in the History of Medicine)
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Author: Pressman, Jack D.
ISBN: 9780521353717

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Last Resort Hardback: Psychosurgery and the Limits of Medicine (Cambridge Studies in the History of Medicine)

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Physical Book

Author

Jack D. Pressman

Publisher

Cambridge University Press

Year

1998

Language

English

Pages

576

Format

Hardcover

Dimensions

23.5 x 16.0 x 3.2 cm

Weight

0.89 kg.

ISBN

0521353718

ISBN13

9780521353717

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Synopsis "Last Resort Hardback: Psychosurgery and the Limits of Medicine (Cambridge Studies in the History of Medicine) "

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 an important warning about the kinds of hazards that society will face whenever incompetent or malicious physicians are allowed to overstep the boundaries of valid medical science. Last Resort challenges the previously accepted psychosurgery story and raises new questions about what we should consider its important lessons.

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