Nys H
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Seminarie voor Gezondheidsrecht, Rechtsfaculteit, Belgium.
Acta Neurochir Suppl (Wien). 1988;44:170-2.
The practice of psychosurgery is subjected to different rules, sometimes written, often unwritten, in the different jurisdictions. No commonly accepted definition on what psychosurgery exactly is has been given by the national legislatures. Some legislatures have simply outlawed psychosurgery; some have no specific rules; others have provided a stable legal basis to it, while protecting the patient (informed consent; review committees; second opinions).
在不同司法管辖区，精神外科手术的实施遵循着不同的规则，这些规则有时是成文的，更多时候是不成文的。各国立法机构尚未对精神外科手术的确切定义给出普遍认可的界定。一些立法机构干脆将精神外科手术定为非法；一些没有具体规则；另一些则在保护患者（知情同意、审查委员会、二次诊断意见）的同时，为其提供了稳定的法律依据。
