The ethics of surgery : conflicts and controversies / edited by Robert M. Sade.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Sade, Robert M., 1938- editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Surgeons--Professional ethics.

Surgeons.

Medical ethics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (385 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

According to popular belief, technical skill is far more important for surgeons than thoughtful deliberation. Nothing could be further from the truth. Although surgeons must sometimes make decisions rapidly on the basis of incomplete evidence and must respond to unexpected catastrophes in the operating room rapidly, those events are intermittent - most of the time surgeons deliberate on diagnostic problems and thoughtfully manage postoperative care, which is often intellectually challenging. The relationship of surgeons with their patients is, in a real sense, far more intimate and trusting th

Contents:

Cover; The Ethics of Surgery; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Contributors; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Section 1: The Problem of Surgical Ethics; 1 Ethics Gap in Surgery; 2 Ethics in Cardiothoracic Surgery: A Survey of Surgeons' Views; Section 2: Professional Integrity; 3 Deceiving Insurance Companies: New Expression of an Ancient Tradition; 4 Hepatitis C Virus-Infected Resident: End of Residency, End of Career?; 5 Must Surgeons Tell Mitral Valve Repair Candidates About a New Percutaneous Repair Device That Is Only Available Elsewhere?

6 The Surgeon's Work in Transition: Should Surgeons Spend More Time Outside the Hospital?7 Should Sleep-Deprived Surgeons Be Prohibited from Operating Without Patients' Consent?; 8 Are Thoracic Surgeons Ethically Obligated to Serve as Expert Witnesses for the Plaintiff?; Section 3: Relationships with Patients-Autonomy and Consent; 9 Should a Jehovah's Witness Patient Who Faces Imminent Exsanguination Be Transfused?; 10 No Heroic Measures: How Soon Is Too Soon to Stop?; 11 Should Surgical Errors Always Be Disclosed to the Patient?; 12 Another Surgeon's Error: Must You Tell the Patient?

13 Impending Loss of Insurance Coverage Is an Indication to Proceed with Complex, Expensive Surgery14 Ethical Obligation of Surgeons to Noncompliant Patients: Can a Surgeon Refuse to Operate on an Intravenous Drug-Abusing Patient with Recurrent Aortic Valve Prosthesis Infection?; Section 4: Innovation and Uses of Technology; 15 Surgical Innovation: Too Risky to Remain Unregulated?; 16 Who Should Adopt Robotic Surgery and When?; 17 Should Access to Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement Be Limited to High-Volume Surgical Centers?

18 Should the Use of Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation Be Rationed?Section 5: Organ Donation and Transplantation; 19 Heart Donation Without the Dead-Donor Rule; 20 Saving Lives Is More Important Than Abstract Moral Concerns: Financial Incentives Should Be Used to Increase Organ Donation; 21 Prisoners on Death Row Should Be Accepted as Organ Donors; Section 6: Conflicts of Interest in Surgery; 22 Politely Refuse the Pen and Note Pad: Gifts From Industry to Physicians Harm Patients; 23 Should the Financial Link Between Industry and Physician Consultants Be Severed?

24 Full Disclosure-Should Presentations and Publications Include Dollar Amounts and Duration of Surgeon-Industry Relationships?Section 7: Ethical Issues in Health-Care Policy; 25 Medical Ethics Collides with Public Policy: LVAD for a Patient With Leukemia; 26 Should Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting Be Regionalized?; 27 A Clash of Rights: Should Smoking Tobacco Products in Public Places Be Legally Banned?; 28 Should a Medical Center Deny Employment to a Physician Because He Smokes Tobacco Products?; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-19-020453-2

0-19-025800-4

0-19-020454-0