The Ethics of Surgical Practice - Cases, Dilemmas, and Resolutions

Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung 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.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: James W. Jones, James W. (EDT)/ McCullough Jones, Jones James W., Laurence B. McCullough, McCullough Laurence B., Bruce W. Richman, Richman Bruce W.
• Mitarbeit: James W. Jones (Herausgeber), Laurence B. McCullough (Herausgeber), Bruce W. Richman (Herausgeber)
• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 23.06.2008
• EAN: 9780195321081
• ISBN: 978-0-19-532108-1
• Seiten: 340
• Abmessung: 159 mm x 241 mm x 32 mm
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaft > Allgemeine und Vergleichende Sprachwissenschaft; Naturwissenschaften, Medizin, Informatik, Technik > Medizin > Klinische Fächer; Surgery, MEDICAL / Ethics, MEDICAL / Surgery / General, Medical ethics and professional conduct, Medical ethics & professional conduct