166 Pages
by
Routledge
166 Pages
by
Routledge
166 Pages
by
Routledge
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First published in 1985, Ethical Issues in Psychosurgery examines the continuing debate surrounding the treatment of psychiatric disorder by psychosurgery and its ethical implications. Psychosurgery represents a radical treatment and it therefore raises, in a particularly acute and challenging fashion, questions which are implicit In most therapy. The book offers a focussed study in bioethics,... Read more
Introduction 1. Background 2. Occasions for Psychosurgery 3. The Subjects of Psychosurgery 4. The Procedure 5. The Effectiveness of Psychosurgery 6. The Social Dimensions of Psychosurgery References Index
Biography
John Kleinig
