Ethical Issues in Psychosurgery

Ethical Issues in Psychosurgery, first published in 1985, explores the ethical implications of psychosurgery for treating psychiatric disorders. It offers a balanced and informed treatment of bioethical questions, making it valuable to professionals in psychiatric practice and research, as well as those in legal and medical ethics.

Format: Hardback
Length: 162 pages
Publication date: 30 January 2022
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Ethical Issues in Psychosurgery, first published in 1985, delves into the ongoing debate surrounding the treatment of psychiatric disorders through psychosurgery and its ethical implications. Given the radical nature of this treatment, it inherently raises profound and complex questions that are inherent in most therapeutic approaches. This book serves as a focused study in bioethics, providing a valuable model for conducting bioethical inquiry. It also offers an introduction to some of the major challenges in bioethics, encompassing a range of topics such as informed consent, the sanctity of the brain, the use of experimental therapies, and broader questions of social contract and professionalization. Author John Kleinigs presents a balanced and informed treatment of these questions, making this book invaluable not only to those engaged in the philosophy of legal and medical ethics but also to practitioners and researchers in the fields of psychiatric practice and research.

Weight: 467g
Dimension: 234 x 156 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781032259321