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.

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• Authors: James W. Jones, James W. (EDT)/ McCullough Jones, Jones James W., Laurence B. McCullough, McCullough Laurence B., Bruce W. Richman, Richman Bruce W.
• Assisted by: James W. Jones (Editor), Laurence B. McCullough (Editor), Bruce W. Richman (Editor)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 23.06.2008
• EAN: 9780195321081
• ISBN: 978-0-19-532108-1
• No. of pages: 340
• Dimensions: 159 mm x 241 mm x 32 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > Clinical medicine; Surgery, MEDICAL / Ethics, MEDICAL / Surgery / General, Medical ethics and professional conduct, Medical ethics & professional conduct