Overview
First book to focus on the ethical dilemmas confronted in daily neurosurgical practice
Guide to good neurosurgical practice based on good values
Reports and discusses more than 50 neurosurgical cases from an ethical point of view
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Table of contents (24 chapters)
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Introduction to Ethics
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Patients’ Rights
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End of Life Issues
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Neurosurgeons’ Duties
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About this book
Reviews
“The editors, who have co-authored many of the included chapters, are to be congratulated on their extremely valuable overview of ethics in neurosurgery. … The writing is very clear and will be easily understandable for neurosurgeons and trainees without prior knowledge of ethics. … this book shows that the ethical challenges in neurosurgery are numerous and can help neurosurgeons identify and manage them, thus contributing to the profession.” (Marike L. D. Broekman, Acta Neurochirurgica, Vol. 160 (8), August, 2018)
“The book is multi-authored and directed at neurosurgeons in practice and in training. … The very good thing about this book is that it is well formatted and configured, short, approachable, readable, and systematic. On the whole, the use of intercalated cases followed by discussions works well. … The editors have made an important contribution to the profession. It will be of interest to neurosurgeons seeking an overview of medical ethics, ethical methodology, and practical neurosurgical ethics.” (T. Forcht Dagi, Neurosurgery, Vol. 82 (4), April, 2018)
From the book reviews:
“This book examines a multitude of ethical issues in the field of neurosurgery. It is broad in scope and uses frequent clinical vignettes to illustrate ethical dilemmas. The intent is to provide analyses of ethical issues faced by neurosurgeons on a daily basis. The book clearly targets neurosurgical practitioners, both practicing surgeons and trainees.” (Jay R. Malone, Doody’s Book Reviews, January, 2015)Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Mark Aaron Bernstein, BSc, MD, FRCSC (Neurosurgery), MHSc (Bioethics), currently works as a scientist at the Toronto Western Hospital/University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He has been a staff member at Toronto Western Hospital and also Hillcrest Hospital, Toronto, for more than 25 years, and in 1996 was appointed Professor in the Department of Surgery at the University of Toronto. Dr. Bernstein has had a distinguished career that has included service on numerous committees of medical and scientific bodies and extensive research activity, including on ethical and social issues relating to neurosurgery. He has been Associate Director of the Arthur and Sonia Labatt Brain Tumour Research Centre since 1999. In 2006 Dr. Bernstein was invited to deliver the Theodore Kurze lecture to the American Association of Neurological Surgeons and in 2011 he was appointed as the inaugural Greg Wilkins-Barrick Chair in International Surgery at the University Health Network, Toronto. Dr. Bernstein serves on the editorial boards of Brain Tumor Pathology, Journal of Neuro-Oncology, Neurosurgery Quarterly, and National Review of Medicine. He is the author of more than 275 articles in peer-reviewed journals.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Neurosurgical Ethics in Practice: Value-based Medicine
Editors: Ahmed Ammar, Mark Bernstein
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-54980-9
Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg
eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2014
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-642-54979-3Published: 17 July 2014
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-662-51261-6Published: 23 August 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-54980-9Published: 26 June 2014
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XII, 286
Number of Illustrations: 14 b/w illustrations, 8 illustrations in colour
Topics: Neurosurgery, Ethics
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