The painless brain: Lobotomy, psychiatry, and the treatment of chronic pain and terminal illness

Perspectives in Biology and Medicine

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 555-565

  Raz, Mical ^a  

^a The Van Leer Jerusalem Institute   (Israel)

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EID: 73549095192     PISSN: 00315982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/pbm.0.0121     Document Type: Review

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