- Provides a comprehensive review of surgical ethics written by leading international experts
- Comprises more than 40 chapters, covering all the most important issues related to surgical ethics
- Broadens surgeons’ perspectives on ethical conflicts they face on their daily 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 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 ContentsPrologue
Part I: Principles and foundations of Surgical Ethics
- 1. History and Development of Medical Ethics in the West
- 2. The History of Surgical Ethics
- 3. Surgical Ethics - Theory and Practice Background
- 4. Foundations and Principles of Surgical Ethics
- 5. The Ethical Challenges of Surgical Leadership
- 6. What is Surgical Professionalism?
- 7. Ethics in Academic Surgery
- 8. Ethical Issues of the Mentor- Mentee Relationship
- 9. Surgical Ethics and The Surgical Societies: What are we doing?
- 10. Ethical Issues in Surgical Research
- 11. Surgical Ethics and Diversity
- 12. Why and How to Teach Surgical Ethics?
- 13. The Surgeon, the Patient, and the Health Care System: Access, Equity, and Fairness
- 14. Ethics in Global Surgery
- 15. 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
- 16. The Surgeon-Patient Relationship: Built Upon Trust
- 17. The Transformation and Challenges of the Surgeon - Patient Relationship
- 18. The Surgical Decision Making Process: Different Ethical Approaches
- 19. The Surgical Informed Consent Process: Myth or Reality?
- 20. Informed Consent and Disclosure of Surgeon Experience
- 21. The Pediatric Patient as a Self-Individual and Decision Maker
- 22. End of Life Issues
- 23. Ethics and Surgical Innovation
- 24. Ethics and Breast Cancer
- 25. Ethical Issues in Pediatric Liver Transplantation
- 26. Ethical Issues in Cardiothoracic Surgery
- 27. Ethics of Surgical Intervention in Jehovah's Witness Patients
- 28. Ethical Issues in Bariatric Surgery
- 29. How To Solve Ethical Conflicts In Everyday Surgical Practice: A Tool Box
Afterword
