Cross-Cultural Ethics
Fig. 3.1 Axial T1 gadolinium-enhanced MRI of 69-year-old man (a physician) with progressive upper brain stem glioblastoma who requested help with assisted suicide. His request was denied as he lived…
Neurosurgeons’ Duties
Fig. 11.1 Neurosurgeons’ duties 11.4.1 Communication The principle of beneficence dictates that the neurosurgeon should create good communication with the patient in order to appreciate and understand the patient’s needs…
Brain Death
Life support for pregnant woman ordered removed by Texas judge (2014) Available at: http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/life-support-for-pregnant-woman-ordered-removed-by-texas-judge-1.2510614 Lock M (1999) The problem of brain death: Japanese disputes about bodies and modernity. In: Youngner…
Dying with Dignity
Fig. 9.1 The six steps of the National End of Life Care Pathway (Reprinted courtesy of the Department of Health, England) Algorithms that have a focus on a particular aspect…
End-of-Life Care
Dimension of shared decision-making Coded physician behaviors Providing medical information (1) Discuss the nature of the decision. What is the essential clinical issue we are addressing? (2) Describe treatment alternatives….
Patients’ Rights
Fig. 4.1 The most important patients’ rights A dilemma arises if the strict observation of one of the patient’s rights, such as the right to choose the method of treatment…
Ethics Principles and Theories
1. “A good will is not good because of what it effects or accomplishes…Thus the moral worth of an action does not lie in the effect expected…” 2. The representation…
Informed Consent
© Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2014Ahmed Ammar and Mark Bernstein (eds.)Neurosurgical Ethics in Practice: Value-based Medicine10.1007/978-3-642-54980-9_5 5. Informed Consent Patrick McDonald1 (1) Section of Neurosurgery, Department of Surgery, Manitoba Institute of Child Health, Winnipeg Children’s Hospital, University…
Assessment of Injured Spinal Cord Using Diffusion Tensor Tractography
Fig. 28.1 Diffusion of water molecules. (a) Isotropic diffusion is represented as a sphere. (b) Anisotropic diffusion is approximated by a diffusion ellipsoid. The diffusion ellipsoid is calculated from an…
