Philosophy of Neurological Surgery

The founding philosophy of neurosurgery; neurosurgery's ideals in historical perspective; modern neurosurgical philosophy; patient-centered neurosurgery; ethics and etiquette in neurosurgery; mind, consciousness and the neurosurgeon; neurosurgical morbidity and complications; the philosophy of dying and death; neurological surgery and biologic science; neurological surgery and clinical science; neurosurgery and the surgical art; neurosurgical education; the neurosurgeon-patient relationship as a framework for neurosurgical philosophy; the neurosurgeon and academia; neurosurgery and the law; the neurosurgeons and health care policy; the neurosurgeon and modern technology; the paradox of success and the neurosurgeon - competing currents and allegiances; international neurosurgery - philosophic issues in the global context; conceptual synthesis: elements of a philosophy of neurological surgery; questions; answers to questions.