Ethical and Legal Issues in Modern Surgery : Ethical Issues in Surgery: The Patient's
Perspective Page 1 3 b1850 Ethical & Legal Issues in Modern Surgery (9"*6") 1 Ethical …

Surgery is a moral practice and each individual surgeon should be considered as a moral
and fiduciary agent. Due to the unique features inherent to any surgical procedure, this …

Traditionally, surgeons have equated excellence in the delivery of surgical care with the
performance of a technically impeccable operation. This feeling permeated through the …

Surgical ethics has to do with the determination of what ought to be done, all things
considered. This chapter prompts reflection on eight analytical questions: 1. What does it …

The origin of surgical ethics has been ambiguous. Some claim it dates back to the ancient
Greeks, but most believe it began at least in part with Gregory and Percival who are credited …

As surgery grew to become a respected medical profession in the eighteenth century,
medical ethics emerged as a response to the growing need to protect patients and maintain …

The practice of surgery requires consideration of a number of specific aspects of clinical
medical ethics that are different from those most influential in other areas of medical care …

Hypothesis Clinical ethics is grounded in the belief that medicine is an inherently moral
enterprise. Sick persons ask physicians to help them get better and physicians profess to be …

In this chapter, we provide an overview of ethical principles as they apply to health care, with
a focus on surgical ethics. We discuss why surgical ethics matter and what makes surgical …

As the three co-editors of this volume considered our own experiences as surgeons, we
realized that each of us were dramatically influenced by many surgeons and other …