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“How Many of These Surgeries Have You Done?”

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In this chapter, we will explore a case involving a patient who needs surgery to repair an abdominal aortic aneurysm. The patient and her family ask you, the surgical resident, many questions including what your role will be in the operating room and how many times your attending surgeon has performed this procedure. At the conclusion of the case discussion, learners will be able to describe the ethical and legal models of informed consent; analyze the nature and extent of the duty to obtain informed consent, including whether there is an ethical or legal obligation to tell patients about surgical experience or other personal characteristics of the surgeon; appreciate the complex relationship between ethics, law, and medicine at the bedside; and demonstrate the ability to take the perspective of the patient and family in the healthcare provider-patient-family interaction with awareness of issues of health literacy and cultural difference.

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  1. Center for Bioethics and Humanities and Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY, USA

    Amy E. Caruso Brown

  2. Departments of Pediatrics and Public Health and Preventive Medicine, SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY, USA

    Travis R. Hobart

  3. Department of Interprofessionalism, Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine, Roanoke, VA, USA

    Cynthia B. Morrow

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Olick, R.S. (2019). “How Many of These Surgeries Have You Done?”. In: Caruso Brown, A., Hobart, T., Morrow, C. (eds) Bioethics, Public Health, and the Social Sciences for the Medical Professions. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-03544-0_3

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