Surgical Ethics: Principles and Practice

✍ Scribed by Alberto R. Ferreres

• Publisher: Springer International Publishing
• Year: 2019
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 313
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

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 surgical fields with deep, practical insights into the topic.
A 21st century surgeon requires complete competence (superb clinical skills, expert surgical decision-making and outstanding performance and technical skills) as well as solid ethical values. Ethics are placed at the core of surgical professionalism, so surgeons must be not only proficient and expert but also ethically and morally reliable. Surgical decision-making can be considered as a two-step process: the “how to treat” aspect is a matter of surgical science, while “why to treat” issues are a matter of surgical ethics and are based on ethical principles. As such, every surgeon should have a moral compass to guide his or her actions, always placing the welfare and rights of the patients above their own. The book provides invaluable background and insights for solving the ethical conflicts surgeons around the globe encounter in their daily practice.
Each chapter will also include features such as key point summaries in the beginning of the chapters, explanatory boxes, a glossary and suggested readings.
Surgical Ethics - Principles and Practice is an authoritative work in the field designed for experienced surgeons, surgical residents, and fellows, all of whom are confronted with ethics issues and conflicts in practice.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter ....Pages i-xii
Front Matter ....Pages 1-1
History and Development of Medical Ethics In the West (Georgina D. Campelia, Denise M. Dudzinski)....Pages 3-15
The History of Surgical Ethics (Jukes P. Namm, Cassandra C. Krause)....Pages 17-26
Surgical Ethics: Theory and Practice Background (Douglas Brown)....Pages 27-43
Foundations and Principles of Surgical Ethics (Alberto R. Ferreres)....Pages 45-52
The Ethical Challenges of Surgical Leadership (E. Christopher Ellison)....Pages 53-73
What Is Surgical Professionalism? (Steven M. Steinberg, Andrew L. Warshaw)....Pages 75-84
Ethics in Academic Surgery (Charles W. Kimbrough, Timothy M. Pawlik)....Pages 85-96
Ethical Issues of the Mentor-Mentee Relationship (Alberto R. Ferreres)....Pages 97-101
Surgical Ethics and the Surgical Societies: What Are We Doing? (Richard I. Whyte)....Pages 103-108
Ethical Issues in Surgical Research (Richard Jacobson, Laurel Mulder, John Alverdy)....Pages 109-120
Surgical Ethics and Diversity (Judith C. French, R. Matthew Walsh)....Pages 121-132
Why and How to Teach Surgical Ethics? (Jonathan K. Chica, Jason D. Keune)....Pages 133-138
The Surgeon, the Patient, and the Healthcare System: Access, Equity, and Fairness (Alexis G. Antunez, Andrew G. Shuman)....Pages 139-148
Ethics in Global Surgery (Anji E. Wall)....Pages 149-157
The Anesthesiologist and the Surgeon: Two Professionals Sharing the Command of the Patient in the Operating Room (Anthony M. Roche, Gerald Dubowitz)....Pages 159-168
Front Matter ....Pages 169-169
The Surgeon-Patient Relationship: Built Upon Trust (H. Alejandro Rodriguez, Carlos A. Pellegrini)....Pages 171-178
The Transformation and Challenges of the Surgeon–Patient Relationship (Piroska K. Kopar)....Pages 179-191
The Surgical Decision-Making Process: Different Ethical Approaches (Christian J. Vercler, Sagar S. Deshpande)....Pages 193-201
The Surgical Informed Consent Process: Myth or Reality? (Miguel A. Caínzos, Salustiano Gonzalez-Vinagre)....Pages 203-216
Informed Consent and Disclosure of Surgeon Experience (Sabha Ganai)....Pages 217-229
The Pediatric Patient as a Self-Individual and Decision-Maker (Rosa Angelina Pace, Susana Ciruzzi, Alberto R. Ferreres)....Pages 231-238
End of Life Issues (Karen Brasel, Mary Condron)....Pages 239-248
Ethics and Surgical Innovation (Maria S. Altieri, Aurora D. Pryor)....Pages 249-256
Ethics and Breast Cancer (Amtul R. Carmichael, Kerstin Sandelin)....Pages 257-264
Ethical Issues in Pediatric Liver Transplantation (Imventarza Oscar Cesar, Rojas Luis Daniel)....Pages 265-270
Ethical Issues in Cardiothoracic Surgery (Richard I. Whyte, Douglas E. Wood)....Pages 271-281
Ethics of Surgical Intervention in Jehovah’s Witness Patients (Edward E. Cho, D. Rohan Jeyarajah)....Pages 283-293
Ethical Issues in Bariatric Surgery (Antonio J. Torres, Oscar Cano-Valderrama, Inmaculada Domínguez-Serrano)....Pages 295-303
How to Solve Ethical Conflicts in Everyday Surgical Practice: A Toolbox (Darren S. Bryan, Peter Angelos)....Pages 305-311
Back Matter ....Pages 313-317

✦ Subjects

Medicine & Public Health; Surgery; Theory of Medicine/Bioethics; Bioethics