The Ethics of Surgical Practice: Cases, Dilemmas, and Resolutions

Surgical ethics is the application of ethics to issues specific to surgery. This volume contains a collection of clinical case studies outlining the wide range of ethical issues facing surgeons today. It is an excellent text for teaching surgical ethics to residents and medical students and a fascinating read for practising surgeons. It aims to engage the reader in participating in evidence-based ethical conflicts. The authors present 71 brief, realistic and ethically complex problems, offering each a series of five possible solutions and guiding through the relative benefits and weaknesses of the options until defending the best ethical choice. The volume includes sections on consent and disclosure, self-regulation, research and innovation and conflict of interest.