Leucotomy in Britain Today
- 1 May 1962
- journal article
- Published by Royal College of Psychiatrists in Journal of Mental Science
- Vol. 108 (454), 249-255
- https://doi.org/10.1192/bjp.108.454.249
Abstract
Is leucotomy “one of the best treatments we have” or is it “sheer unadulterated barbarism”? These are two of the many points of view expressed to me whilst I was collecting material for this paper.Keywords
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