The lobotomy letters : the making of American psychosurgery /

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The Lobotomy Letters gives an account of the widespread acceptance of this controversial procedure. Drawing from original correspondence penned by lobotomy patients and their families as well as from the professional papers of lobotomy pioneer and neurologist Walter Freeman, the volume reconstructs...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Raz, Mical
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Rochester, N.Y. : University of Rochester Press, 2013.
Colección:Rochester studies in medical history.
Temas:
Freeman, Walter, > 1895-1972.
Freeman, Walter, > 1895-1972
Psychosurgery > History.
Psychosurgery > United States > History.
Psychology, Pathological > Surgery > United States.
Nervous system > Surgery > United States > History.
Mental illness > Treatment > United States.
Physicians > United States > Biography.
Psychosurgery > United States.
Brain > Surgery.
Frontal lobotomy > History.
Physicians.
Psychosurgery > history
History, 20th Century
Mental Disorders > surgery
Neurosurgery > history
Physicians
Psychochirurgie > Histoire.
Psychochirurgie > États-Unis > Histoire.
Psychopathologie > Chirurgie > États-Unis.
Neurochirurgie > États-Unis > Histoire.
Maladies mentales > Traitement > États-Unis.
Médecins > États-Unis > Biographies.
Psychochirurgie > États-Unis.
Cerveau > Chirurgie.
Lobotomie frontale > Histoire.
Médecine > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Médecins.
physicians.
MEDICAL > Surgery > Neurosurgery.
MEDICAL > History.
Frontal lobotomy.
Mental illness > Treatment.
Nervous system > Surgery.
Psychosurgery.
United States
United States.
Biography
collective biographies.
Biographies.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:The Lobotomy Letters gives an account of the widespread acceptance of this controversial procedure. Drawing from original correspondence penned by lobotomy patients and their families as well as from the professional papers of lobotomy pioneer and neurologist Walter Freeman, the volume reconstructs how physicians, patients, and their families viewed lobotomy and analyzes the reasons for its overwhelming use.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xii, 166 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 141-162) and index.
ISBN:9781580467940
1580467946
9781580468237
1580468233
ISSN:1526-2715

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