Surgical Ethics Principles and Practice

This book encompasses the theoretical and practical aspects of surgical ethics, with a focus on the application of ethical standards to everyday surgical practice and the resolution of ethical conflicts in the surgical arena. It provides surgeons (both prospective and practicing) in the different su...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Ferreres, Alberto R. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham Springer International Publishing 2019, 2019
Edition:1st ed. 2019
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Prologue
  • Part I: Principles and foundations of Surgical Ethics
  • History and Development of Medical Ethics in the West
  • The History of Surgical Ethics
  • Surgical Ethics – Theory and Practice Background
  • Foundations and Principles of Surgical Ethics
  • The Ethical Challenges of Surgical Leadership
  • What is Surgical Professionalism?
  • Ethics in Academic Surgery
  • Ethical Issues of the Mentor- Mentee Relationship
  • Surgical Ethics and The Surgical Societies: What are we doing?
  • Ethical Issues in Surgical Research
  • Surgical Ethics and Diversity
  • Why and How to Teach Surgical Ethics?
  • The Surgeon, the Patient, and the Health Care System: Access, Equity, and Fairness
  • Ethics in Global Surgery
  • The Anesthesiologist and the Surgeon: Two Professionals Sharing the Command of the Patient in the Operating Room
  • Part II: Surgical Ethics in everyday surgical practice
  • The Surgeon-Patient Relationship: Built Upon Trust
  • The Transformation and Challenges of the Surgeon – Patient Relationship
  • The Surgical Decision Making Process: Different Ethical Approaches
  • The Surgical Informed Consent Process: Myth or Reality?
  • Informed Consent and Disclosure of Surgeon Experience
  • The Pediatric Patient as a Self-Individual and Decision Maker
  • End of Life Issues
  • Ethics and Surgical Innovation
  • Ethics and Breast Cancer
  • Ethical Issues in Pediatric Liver Transplantation
  • Ethical Issues in Cardiothoracic Surgery
  • Ethics of Surgical Intervention in Jehovah’s Witness Patients
  • Ethical Issues in Bariatric Surgery
  • How To Solve Ethical Conflicts In Everyday Surgical Practice: A Tool Box
  • Afterword