Psychosurgery, industry and personal responsibility, 1940-1965

Social History of Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 116-133

  Raz, Mical ^a,b  

^a The Van Leer Jerusalem Institute   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

American psychiatry; Industry; Lobotomy; Walter Freeman; Work

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950546167     PISSN: 0951631X     EISSN: 14774666     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/shm/hkp061     Document Type: Article

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