Overview
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)
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Principles and Foundations of Surgical Ethics
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Surgical Ethics in Everyday Surgical Practice
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About this book
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.
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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