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Record Nr.

UNINA9910777612603321

Titolo

Surgical ethics / / editors, Laurence B. McCullough, James W. Jones, Baruch A. Brody

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 1998

ISBN

0-19-770877-3

1-280-52870-2

9786610528707

0-19-974879-9

1-4294-0429-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xix, 396 pages)

Altri autori (Persone)

McCulloughLaurence B

JonesJames W <1941-> (James Wilson)

BrodyBaruch A

Disciplina

174/.2

Soggetti

Surgeons - Professional ethics

Medical ethics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

""Contents""; ""Contributors""; ""1. Principles and Practice of Surgical Ethics""; ""2. Informed Consent: Autonomous Decision Making of the Surgical Patient""; ""3. Confidentiality in Surgical Practice""; ""4. Advance Directives and the Determination of Death""; ""5. Emergency Patients: Serious Moral Choices, with Limited Time, Information, and Patient Participation""; ""6. Acute, High-Risk Patients: The Case of Transplantation""; ""7. Acute yet Non-Emergent Patients""; ""8. Elective Patients""; ""9. Poor Surgical Risk Patients""; ""10. Care of Dying Patients""

""11. Patients Who Are Family Members, Friends, Colleagues, Family Members of Colleagues"" ""12. Research and Innovation in Surgery""; ""13. Preventing and Managing Unwarranted Biases against Patients""; ""14. Self-Regulation of Surgical Practice and Research""; ""15. Surgery and Other Medical Specialties""; ""16. Obligations of Surgeons to Non-Physician Team Members and Trainees""; ""17. Financial Relationships with Patients""; ""18. Understanding, Assessing, and Managing Conflicts



of Interest""; ""19. Relationships with Payers and Institutions that Manage and Deliver Patient Services""; ""Index""

Sommario/riassunto

The first textbook on the subject, this is a practical, clinically comprehensive guide to ethical issues in surgical practice, research, and education, written by some of the most prominent figures in the fields of surgery and bioethics. Discussions of informed consent, confidentiality, and advance directives - core concepts integral to every surgeon-patient relationship - open the volume. Seven chapters tackle the ethical issues in surgical practice, covering the full range of surgical patients, including emergency, acute, highrisk, elective, poor surgical risk, and dying patients. The book even considers the special relationship between the surgeon and patients who are family members or friends.