Donald w goodwin md jama last resort is medical history at its bestit illuminates the meaning of a misguided therapeutic innovation so as to shed light on the dilemmas medicine continues to face in assessing therapeutic options pressman has conducted a close careful and thoroughly documented examination of original sources. Last resort psychosurgery and the limits of medicine cambridge studies in the history of medicine by jack d pressman 2002 08 08 books amazonca. Last resort psychosurgery and the limits of medicine cambridge studies in the history of medicine books amazonca. Last resort psychosurgery and the limits of medicine cambridge studies in the history of medicine by pressman jack d 2002 paperback pressman jack d books amazonca. Psychosurgery forms an intriguing chapter in 20th century medicine that involved an alliance between psychiatrists neurosurgeons and neuroscientists in an attempt to help a desperate group of patients its rise and fall is an exemplary tale that reveals the scientific and intellectual status of clinical science