Appendix: Psychosurgery

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APPENDIX
PSYCHOSURGERY
THE NATIONAL
COMMISSION FOR
THE PROTECTION OF
HUMAN SUBJECTS
OF BIOMEDICAL
AND BEHAVIORAL
RESEARCH
THIS APPENDIX
CONTAINS THE REPORTS
CONCERNING
PSYCHOSURGERY
THAT WERE
PREPARED FOR THE
COMMISSION.
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, EDUCATION, AND WELFARE
DHEW PUBLICATION NO. (OS) 77-0002
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
I. The Practice of Psychosurgery: A Survey
of the Literature (1971-1976)
Elliot S. Valenstein, Ph.D.
II. Final Report on Psychosurgery Pilot Study
Allan F. Mirsky, Ph.D.
Maressa Hecht Orzack, Ph.D.
III. A Study of Cingulotomy in Man
Hans-Lukas Teuber, Ph.D.
Suzanne Corkin, Ph.D.
Thomas E. Twitchell, M.D.

NATIONAL COMMISSION FOR THE PROTECTION OF HUMAN SUBJECTS
OF BIOMEDICAL AND BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH
MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION
Kenneth John Ryan, M.D., Chairman
Chief of Staff
Boston Hospital for Women
Joseph V. Brady, Ph.D. Karen Lebacqz, Ph.D.
Professor of Behavioral Biology Consultant in Bioethics
Johns Hopkins University Department of Health
Sacramento, California
Robert E. Cooke, M.D. David W. Louisell, J.D.
Vice Chancellor for Health Sciences Professor of Law
University of Wisconsin University of California at Berkeley
Dorothy I. Height Donald W. Seldin, M.D.
President Professor and Chairman
National Council of Negro Women, Inc. Department of Internal Medicine
University of Texas at Dallas
Albert R. Jonsen, Ph.D. Eliot Stellar, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Bioethics Provost of the University and
University of California at San Francisco Professor of Physiological Psychology
University of Pennsylvania
Patricia King, J.D. Robert H. Turtle, LL.B.
Associate Professor of Law Attorney
Georgetown University Law Center VomBaur, Coburn, Simmons & Turtle
Washington, D.C.

NATIONAL COMMISSION FOR THE PROTECTION OF HUMAN SUBJECTS
OF BIOMEDICAL AND BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH
COMMISSION STAFF
PROFESSIONAL STAFF SUPPORT STAFF
Michael S. Yesley, J.D. Deborah E. Bowery
Staff Director
Pamela L. Driscoll
Duane Alexander, M.D.
Pediatrics
Arlene Line
R. Anne Ballard, M.A.
Public Information Officer Marie D. Madigan
Tom L. Beauchamp, Ph.D.
Coral M. Nydegger
Philosophy
Erma L. Pender
Lee A. Calhoun, M.A.
Political Science
Bradford H. Gray, Ph.D.
Sociology
SPECIAL CONSULTANTS
Robert Hummel, M.Div., M.A.
Research Assistant
Miriam Kelty, Ph.D. Donald Bersoff, Ph.D., J.D.
Psychology
Robert J. Levine, M.D.
Bonnie M. Lee
Administrative Assistant
Stephen Toulmin, Ph.D.
Barbara Mishkin, M.A.
Bioethics
Francis Pizzulli, J.D.
Law