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Ethics in neurosurgical practice / edited by Stephen Honeybul.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextDescription: pages cmISBN:
  • 9781108494120
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Online version:: Ethics in neurosurgical practiceDDC classification:
  • 174.2/9748 23
LOC classification:
  • RD593
NLM classification:
  • WL 368
Contents:
Introduction and principles of bioethics / Ian Kerridge -- Models and methods in ethics / Cara Sedney -- The concept and implementation of values based medicine (VsBM) in neurosurgery / Ahmed Ammar & Tiit Mathiesen -- The three functions of consent in neurosurgery / Cameron Stewart & Ian Kerridge -- Withholding and withdrawing medical treatment : legal, ethical and practical considerations / Cameron Stewart, Tiit Mathiesen and Ahmed Ammar -- Surgical training / Magnus Tisell and Naci Balak -- The aging surgeon / Stephen Honeybul and Gene Bolles -- Healthcare economics / Naci Balak and Magnus Tisell -- Patient data, ownership, storage, and social media / David Cote and Timothy Smith -- Historical overview of ethics in neurosurgery / Cara Sedney -- Evidence-based neurosurgery : principles, applicability & challenges / Ignatius Esene -- Ethical challenges of neurosurgical care for brain tumour patients / Marike Broekman, Alexander Hulsbergen and Timothy Smith -- Severe traumatic brain injury / Stephen Honeybul, Kwok Ho and Grant Gillett -- "Malignant" middle cerebral artery infarction / Stephen Honeybul, Volker Puetz and Lars-Peder Pallesen -- Aneurysmal subarachnoid haemorrhage / Stephen Honeybul & Albert Chui -- Paediatric neurosurgery / Naci Balak & Ulrika Sandvik -- Spinal neurosurgery / Cara Sedney -- Ethical challenges in psychosurgery : a new start or more of the same? / Paul A. Komesaroff and Jeffrey Rosenfeld -- Brain death and organ donation / George Skowronski and Ian Kerridge -- Ethical aspects of innovation in neurosurgery / Mario Ammirati, Jeffrey Rosenfeld and Alexander Hulsbergen -- Stem cells and brain repair : ethical considerations / Ivar Mendez -- Brain machine-interface technology in neurosurgery / Jeffrey Rosenfeld & Marike Broekman -- International neurosurgery / Ann Mansur & Mark Bernstein -- Live televised surgery / Eiichi Ishikawa, Nobuyuki Sakai, Stephen Honeybul.
Summary: "The field of modern day bioethics is relatively young and continues to constantly evolve in parallel with the ever increasingly complex nature of contemporary medical practice. These advances present clinicians with an array of therapeutic options that would have not seemed possible only a generation ago. Given these medical advances and the expansion of the academic and medicolegal field of bioethics, one would have thought that clinical decision making would have become easier. However paradoxically this has not proved to be the case. Each advance may provide an answer to a particular clinical question which is almost immediately replaced by a whole new set of ethical problems that require consideration"--
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction and principles of bioethics / Ian Kerridge -- Models and methods in ethics / Cara Sedney -- The concept and implementation of values based medicine (VsBM) in neurosurgery / Ahmed Ammar & Tiit Mathiesen -- The three functions of consent in neurosurgery / Cameron Stewart & Ian Kerridge -- Withholding and withdrawing medical treatment : legal, ethical and practical considerations / Cameron Stewart, Tiit Mathiesen and Ahmed Ammar -- Surgical training / Magnus Tisell and Naci Balak -- The aging surgeon / Stephen Honeybul and Gene Bolles -- Healthcare economics / Naci Balak and Magnus Tisell -- Patient data, ownership, storage, and social media / David Cote and Timothy Smith -- Historical overview of ethics in neurosurgery / Cara Sedney -- Evidence-based neurosurgery : principles, applicability & challenges / Ignatius Esene -- Ethical challenges of neurosurgical care for brain tumour patients / Marike Broekman, Alexander Hulsbergen and Timothy Smith -- Severe traumatic brain injury / Stephen Honeybul, Kwok Ho and Grant Gillett -- "Malignant" middle cerebral artery infarction / Stephen Honeybul, Volker Puetz and Lars-Peder Pallesen -- Aneurysmal subarachnoid haemorrhage / Stephen Honeybul & Albert Chui -- Paediatric neurosurgery / Naci Balak & Ulrika Sandvik -- Spinal neurosurgery / Cara Sedney -- Ethical challenges in psychosurgery : a new start or more of the same? / Paul A. Komesaroff and Jeffrey Rosenfeld -- Brain death and organ donation / George Skowronski and Ian Kerridge -- Ethical aspects of innovation in neurosurgery / Mario Ammirati, Jeffrey Rosenfeld and Alexander Hulsbergen -- Stem cells and brain repair : ethical considerations / Ivar Mendez -- Brain machine-interface technology in neurosurgery / Jeffrey Rosenfeld & Marike Broekman -- International neurosurgery / Ann Mansur & Mark Bernstein -- Live televised surgery / Eiichi Ishikawa, Nobuyuki Sakai, Stephen Honeybul.

"The field of modern day bioethics is relatively young and continues to constantly evolve in parallel with the ever increasingly complex nature of contemporary medical practice. These advances present clinicians with an array of therapeutic options that would have not seemed possible only a generation ago. Given these medical advances and the expansion of the academic and medicolegal field of bioethics, one would have thought that clinical decision making would have become easier. However paradoxically this has not proved to be the case. Each advance may provide an answer to a particular clinical question which is almost immediately replaced by a whole new set of ethical problems that require consideration"--

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