Psychosurgery: Damaging the Brain to Save the Mind

by Joann Ellison Rodgers

Book Overview

Rodgers relates the history of psychosurgery--from the horrifying icepick lobotomies of the '40s and '50s to the responsible and not-so-responsible practices of today--making an even-handed examination of all the moral and medical pros and cons and providing a basis for careful evaluation.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0060164050
• ISBN13: 9780060164058
• Release Date: January 1992
• Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
• Length: 249 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.1" x 8.6"