Main description:

Surgical ethics is the application of ethics to issues specific to surgery. This volume provides a collection of clinical case studies representing a wide range of the ethical issues surgeons confront today. It is an excellent text for teaching surgical ethics to surgical residents and medical students and a fascinating read for practicing surgeons. It is intended to engage the reader into participating in evidence-based ethical conflicts. The authors escort us
through 71 brief, realistic, and ethically complex problems, offering a series of five possible resolutions to each and guiding us through the relative benefits and weaknesses of the options until a best ethical choice is defended. The volume includes sections on Consent and Disclosure,
Self-Regulation, Research and Innovation, Conflicts of Interest, Business Dealings, and End of Life Issues, each with a brief introduction by the authors.

Contents:

A. PAINTED INTO A CORNER: UNEXPECTED COMPLICATIONS IN TREATING A JEHOVAH'S WITNESS ; B. A PATIENT REFUSES CONSENT FOR LIFE-SAVING SURGERY ; C. CONSENT FOR AN INTRAOPERATIVE VIDEO RECORDING ; A. WHAT TO TELL PATIENTS HARMED BY OTHER PHYSICIANS ; B. EYE-WITNESS TO INCOMPETENT SURGERY; ; C. MILITARY PHYSICIAN'S ETHICAL RESPONSE TO EVIDENCE OF TORTURE ; A. WHEN DOES CONVENTIONAL SURGERY BECOME RESEARCH?; ; B. A SURGEON'S OBLIGATION WHEN PERFORMING NEW PROCEDURES; ; C. THE ETHICS OF INNOVATIVE APPROACHES FOR WELL-ESTABLISHED PROCEDURES ; A. INTENTIONAL OVER-TREATMENT: THE UNMENTIONABLE CONFLICT OF INTEREST ; B. PATIENT RESPONSIBILITIES, FAMILY RESPONSIBILITIES ; C. NON-FINANCIAL CONFLICTS OF INTEREST ; A. ETHICS OF PHYSICIANS' INCOME ; B. ETHICS OF PERSONAL ADVERTISING IN SURGERY ; C. ETHICS OF INSTITUTIONAL MARKETING: THE ROLE OF PHYSICIANS ; A. GOING PUBLIC WITH AMAZING CASES: FIAT OR FIASCO? ; B. UNPROFESSIONAL BEHAVIOR THAT DISRUPTS: CROSSING THE LINE ; C. MY BROTHER'S KEEPER: ETHICS OF UNCOMPENSATED CARE FOR UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS ; A. FUTILITY AND SURGICAL INTERVENTION ; B. ADVANCED AGE, DEMENTIA, AND AN ABDOMINAL ANEURYSM - INTERVENE? ; C. COMPLYING WITH ADVANCE DIRECTIVES IN THE OR ; D. ABDOMINAL AORTIC ANEURYSM IN A DEATH ROW INMATE ; E. TELLING THE TRUTH ABOUT TERMINAL DISEASES ; F. ARSENIC AND OLD LACE: END OF LIFE CARE IN THE POST-OPERATIVE ; G. TRAINING ON NEWLY DECEASED PATIENTS ; H. WITHDRAWAL OF LIFE-SUSTAINING LOW-BURDEN CARE ; I. PHYSICIAN-ASSISTED SUICIDE: HAS IT COME OF AGE?