2006-07-30 15:21:17 · 8 answers · asked by DmanLT21 5 in Health ➔ Mental Health
duh! wat waz the queschion agane?
2006-07-30 15:24:25 · answer #1 · answered by camshy0078 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Don't personally know but know of some one. Rosemary Kennedy, third Kennedy child, was born retarded and at age 23 had a lobotomy. She died last month at age 86. The procedure was thought to make patients more manageable -- but with so much functionality and personality lost the cost was too great. It is rarely done.
2006-07-30 15:33:58 · answer #2 · answered by murphy 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
John Kerry
2006-07-30 15:24:27 · answer #3 · answered by christopher s 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Anyone who likes boy bands...just kidding. They haven't done "pre-frontal" lobotomies in the U.S. for quite a number of years. You cannot reverse a lobotomy and it was deemed cruel and inhumane. But I agree with the intelligent answer John Kerry.
Good answer.
2006-07-30 15:27:01 · answer #4 · answered by Outman 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Don't know her personally, but Miss Rosemary Kennedy (older sister of the President) has been reported to have received one. I don't think the procedure is performed except to excise tumors.
2006-07-30 15:26:12 · answer #5 · answered by soxrcat 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I worked in an Nursing Home 17 years ago, and there was a lady there that had had one. She didn't talk to much, sometimes she laughed. She was about 80 or so then......
2006-07-30 15:30:34 · answer #6 · answered by bettyboop 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There was a beautiful actress that ended up having one back in the 60's. I can't remember her name at all, but it really screwed her up. What a shame.
2006-07-30 15:52:33 · answer #7 · answered by Encyclopedia Allie 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They don't perform them anymore. I think they quit in the 60's or earlier. Most who recieved them just remained institutionalized afterwards.
2006-07-30 15:35:10 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋