Practical Ethics for the Surgeon
1st Edition
Published on 9. May 2018
508 pages
978-1-4963-8861-2 (ISBN)
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Publisher's Note: Products purchased from 3rd Party sellers are not guaranteed by the Publisher for quality, authenticity, or access to any online entitlements included with the product. Recent, significant changes in surgery, technology, regulations, and society have greatly impacted how surgeons consider ethical issues in light of professional expertise, wisdom, and personal responsibility. Dr. Lloyd A. Jacobs, along with world-renowned surgeons and other health care professionals, provides thoughtful, intellectually challenging information and commentary in an easy-to-understand manner to help surgeons think through and respond effectively to complex questions of life, death, provision of health care, and more. Covering the wide range of ethical concerns facing today s surgeons, this concise, readable title is beneficial at all levels of training and practice.
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Content
- Intro
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contributors
- Prologue
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Part I Theory
- Chapter 1. Introduction
- Chapter 2. Foundations
- Chapter 3. Deontological Ethics in a Postfoundational World
- Chapter 4. Beneficence Versus Egoism
- Chapter 5. Hedonism
- Chapter 6. Autonomy: Concepts
- Chapter 7. Distributive Justice: Concepts
- Chapter 8. Distributive Justice: Proximity
- Chapter 9. Autonomy: The Good Death
- Chapter 10. Distributive Justice: Changed Expectations
- Chapter 11. Epistemology
- Chapter 12. The Surgeon-Patient Covenant
- Part II Practice
- Chapter 13. Ethical Decision Making in Neurologic Surgery
- Chapter 14. Ethics in Congenital Heart Surgery
- Chapter 15. The Spectrum of Pediatric Surgical Ethics
- Chapter 16. Clinical Research: Conflict of Personal and Systemic Ethics
- Chapter 17. Ethical Considerations on the Trauma Service
- Chapter 18. Ethical Decision Making in Vascular Surgery
- Chapter 19. Ethics of Surgery in the Elderly
- Chapter 20. The Frail Elderly Surgical Candidate
- Chapter 21. Ethical Issues for Global Surgical Engagement: The Case of Obstetric Surgery
- Chapter 22. Evidence-Based Surgery and Decision Analysis
- Chapter 23. The Millennial Surgeon
- Chapter 24. The Surgeon-Chaplain Relationship
- Chapter 25. Palliative Care for the Surgeon
- Chapter 26. Fee-Splitting and Modern Look-alikes
- Chapter 27. Delivering Bad News-Challenges and Opportunities
- Chapter 28. Fundamental Principles of Leadership Training in Surgery and the Moral Imperative
- Chapter 29. Ethical Considerations for Surgeons: Financial Conflicts of Interest
- Chapter 30. The Unspoken Surgical Curriculum
- Chapter 31. Resident Supervision
- Chapter 32. Team Building and the Role of the Team in Surgery
- Chapter 33. The Relationship to the Nursing Profession
- Chapter 34. The Surgeon as Consultant
- Chapter 35. Regret and Apology
- Chapter 36. End-of-Life Decisions in the Perioperative Period
- Chapter 37. Medical Litigation
- Chapter 38. E-mail: The EMR
- Chapter 39. Social Media
- Chapter 40. Ethical Obligations to the Patient Versus the Profession
- Chapter 41. Ethics of Introducing Innovative Procedures
- Chapter 42. Health Care Disparities
- Chapter 43. Gender Inclusion and Equity in Surgery
- Chapter 44. Autonomy in Excess
- Chapter 45. The Ethical Obligations and Opportunities to Participate in Peer Review
- Chapter 46. Burnout, Substance Abuse, and Suicide: A Surgical Perspective
- Prologue
- Index
