Electroshock: Scientific, ethical, and political issues

International Journal of Risk and Safety in Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 5-40

  Breggin, Peter R ^a  

^a Ctr for Study of Psychiat/Psychol   (United States)

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ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BRAIN DYSFUNCTION; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; EUROPE; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; HUMAN; LAW; MEDICAL ETHICS; NORTH AMERICA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POLITICS; RETROGRADE AMNESIA; REVIEW; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SUICIDE;

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