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Surgical Ethics

Principles and Practice

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Editors:
  1. Alberto R. Ferreres

    1. Department of Surgery, University of Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina

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  • Provides a comprehensive review of surgical ethics written by leading international experts

  • Comprises more than 40 chapters, covering all the most important issues related to surgical ethics

  • Broadens surgeons’ perspectives on ethical conflicts they face on their daily practice

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Table of contents (29 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
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  2. Principles and Foundations of Surgical Ethics

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. History and Development of Medical Ethics In the West

      • Georgina D. Campelia, Denise M. Dudzinski
      Pages 3-15

    3. The History of Surgical Ethics

      • Jukes P. Namm, Cassandra C. Krause
      Pages 17-26

    4. Surgical Ethics: Theory and Practice Background

      • Douglas Brown
      Pages 27-43

    5. Foundations and Principles of Surgical Ethics

      • Alberto R. Ferreres
      Pages 45-52

    6. The Ethical Challenges of Surgical Leadership

      • E. Christopher Ellison
      Pages 53-73

    7. What Is Surgical Professionalism?

      • Steven M. Steinberg, Andrew L. Warshaw
      Pages 75-84

    8. Ethics in Academic Surgery

      • Charles W. Kimbrough, Timothy M. Pawlik
      Pages 85-96

    9. Ethical Issues of the Mentor-Mentee Relationship

      • Alberto R. Ferreres
      Pages 97-101

    10. Surgical Ethics and the Surgical Societies: What Are We Doing?

      • Richard I. Whyte
      Pages 103-108

    11. Ethical Issues in Surgical Research

      • Richard Jacobson, Laurel Mulder, John Alverdy
      Pages 109-120

    12. Surgical Ethics and Diversity

      • Judith C. French, R. Matthew Walsh
      Pages 121-132

    13. Why and How to Teach Surgical Ethics?

      • Jonathan K. Chica, Jason D. Keune
      Pages 133-138

    14. The Surgeon, the Patient, and the Healthcare System: Access, Equity, and Fairness

      • Alexis G. Antunez, Andrew G. Shuman
      Pages 139-148

    15. Ethics in Global Surgery

      • Anji E. Wall
      Pages 149-157

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

      • Anthony M. Roche, Gerald Dubowitz
      Pages 159-168

  3. Surgical Ethics in Everyday Surgical Practice

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 169-169
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    2. The Surgeon-Patient Relationship: Built Upon Trust

      • H. Alejandro Rodriguez, Carlos A. Pellegrini
      Pages 171-178

    3. The Transformation and Challenges of the Surgeon–Patient Relationship

      • Piroska K. Kopar
      Pages 179-191
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About this book

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.



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)

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Surgery, University of Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina

    Alberto R. Ferreres

About the editor

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.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Surgical Ethics

  • Book Subtitle: Principles and Practice

  • Editors: Alberto R. Ferreres

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-05964-4

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-05963-7Published: 04 April 2019

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-05964-4Published: 26 March 2019

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XII, 317

  • Number of Illustrations: 3 b/w illustrations, 16 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Surgery, Theory of Medicine/Bioethics, Bioethics

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