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Neurosurgeons and the Media

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The visibility of everything is increasing due to social media and availability of information on the Internet. This is applying to medical issues as reporting on challenging medical situations is increasing. Neurosurgeons are playing and will play an important role in helping bridge the gap between the lay public and our noble profession. Typical cases which have appeared in the recent news include brain death, futility of care, use of resources, conflict of interest, and others, all of which have strong ethical dimensions. In fact these are the very types of issues which attract media attentions.

Interacting with the media can be daunting for those who are inexperienced and/or unprepared but is important to do well to help educate the public about these issues and put the best face of our profession forward. In this chapter the reader is introduced to the challenge neurosurgeons face interacting with the media, and some very practical tips for interacting with the media are provided.

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  1. Joint Center of Bioethics, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

    Tania DePellegrin MHSc

  2. Division of Neurosurgery, Toronto Western Hospital, University of Toronto, 399 Bathurst Street, Toronto, ON, M5T 2S8, Canada

    Mark Bernstein MD, MHSc, FRCSC

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  1. Dept. of Neurosurgery, King Fahd University Hospital, Dammam University, Al Khobar, Saudi Arabia

    Ahmed Ammar

  2. Division of Neurosurgery, Toronto Western Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada

    Mark Bernstein

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DePellegrin, T., Bernstein, M. (2014). Neurosurgeons and the Media. In: Ammar, A., Bernstein, M. (eds) Neurosurgical Ethics in Practice: Value-based Medicine. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-54980-9_23

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