Surgical Ethics: Principles and Practice

by Alberto R. Ferreres (Editor)

Overview

This book encompasses the theoretical and practical aspects of surgical ethics, with a focus on the application of ethical standards to everyday surgical practice and the resolution of ethical conflicts in the surgical arena. It provides surgeons (both prospective and practicing) in the different surgical fields with deep, practical insights into the topic.

A 21st century surgeon requires complete competence (superb clinical skills, expert surgical decision-making and outstanding performance and technical skills) as well as solid ethical values. Ethics are placed at the core of surgical professionalism, so surgeons must be not only proficient and expert but also ethically and morally reliable. Surgical decision-making can be considered as a two-step process: the “how to treat” aspect is a matter of surgical science, while “why to treat” issues are a matter of surgical ethics and are based on ethical principles. As such, every surgeon should have a moral compass to guide his or her actions, always placing the welfare and rights of the patients above their own. The book provides invaluable background and insights for solving the ethical conflicts surgeons around the globe encounter in their daily practice.

Each chapter will also include features such as key point summaries in the beginning of the chapters, explanatory boxes, a glossary and suggested readings.

Surgical Ethics - Principles and Practice is an authoritative work in the field designed for experienced surgeons, surgical residents, and fellows, all of whom are confronted with ethics issues and conflicts in practice.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9783030059637
Publisher:	Springer International Publishing
Publication date:	03/27/2019
Edition description:	1st ed. 2019
Pages:	317
Product dimensions:	7.01(w) x 10.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Alberto R Ferreres, MD, PhD, JD, MPH, FACS (Hon.) received his medical degree “summa cum laude” from the University of Buenos Aires School of Medicine, where he also completed his residence in General Surgery and a fellowship in Surgical Oncology. He was appointed International Guest Scholar of the American College of Surgeons in 1991 and he completed a fellowship in Clinical Ethics at the University of Chicago. He is currently professor of surgery at the University of Buenos Aires and department chair at the Dr. Carlos A Bocalandro Hospital. Further, Prof. Ferreres holds honorary fellowship from the American Surgical Association and the American College of Surgeons, the Chinese College of Surgeons, the Brazilian College of Surgeons and the Brazilian College of Digestive Surgery, the Association of Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland as well as from the North Pacific Surgical Association. He sits at the American College of Surgeons Committee on Ethics and serves on the editorial board of the Annals of Surgery, JAMA Surgery, JOGS and the American Journal of Surgery. He also holds a professorship at the University of Washington, where he runs the Surgical Ethics Program. Prof. Ferreres is a gastrointestinal surgeon specializing in gastrointestinal and minimal invasive surgery and with an interest in surgical ethics, global surgery and professional liability issues and has been invited as a visiting professor around the globe.

Table of Contents

Prologue.

Part I: Principles and foundations of Surgical Ethics

1. History and Development of Medical Ethics in the West.
2. The History of Surgical Ethics.

3. Surgical Ethics – Theory and Practice Background.

4. Foundations and Principles of Surgical Ethics.

5. The Ethical Challenges of Surgical Leadership

6. What is Surgical Professionalism?

7. Ethics in Academic Surgery

8. Ethical Issues of the Mentor- Mentee Relationship

9. Surgical Ethics and The Surgical Societies: What are we doing?

10. Ethical Issues in Surgical Research

11. Surgical Ethics and Diversity

12. Why and How to Teach Surgical Ethics?

13. The Surgeon, the Patient, and the Health Care System: Access, Equity, and Fairness

14. Ethics in Global Surgery

15. The Anesthesiologist and the Surgeon: Two Professionals Sharing the Command of the Patient in the Operating Room

Part II: Surgical Ethics in everyday surgical practice

16. The Surgeon-Patient Relationship: Built Upon Trust17. The Transformation and Challenges of the Surgeon – Patient Relationship

18. The Surgical Decision Making Process: Different Ethical Approaches

19. The Surgical Informed Consent Process: Myth or Reality?

20. Informed Consent and Disclosure of Surgeon Experience

21. The Pediatric Patient as a Self-Individual and Decision Maker

22. End of Life Issues

23. Ethics and Surgical Innovation

24. Ethics and Breast Cancer

25. Ethical Issues in Pediatric Liver Transplantation

26. Ethical Issues in Cardiothoracic Surgery

27. Ethics of Surgical Intervention in Jehovah’s Witness Patients.

28. Ethical Issues in Bariatric Surgery

29. How To Solve Ethical Conflicts In Everyday Surgical Practice: A Tool Box

Afterword.

Editorial Reviews

This book presents the theoretical and practical aspects of surgical ethics, with a focus on the application of ethical standards to practice. … The book is said to be written for ‘experienced surgeons, surgical residents, and fellows, all of whom are confronted with ethics issues and conflicts in practice.’ … This is a very good book, and an excellent contribution to the field.” (Carol Scott‐Conner, Doody's Book Reviews, July 12, 2019)

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