Priority Setting
Every morning, the neurosurgeons refer to the correspondence to determine who will proceed with their elective cases. Documentation of those surgeons affected by cancellations is made for future reference in…
Conflict of Interest
© Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2014Ahmed Ammar and Mark Bernstein (eds.)Neurosurgical Ethics in Practice: Value-based Medicine10.1007/978-3-642-54980-9_20 20. Conflict of Interest Patrick McDonald1 (1) Section of Neurosurgery, Department of Surgery, Winnipeg Children’s Hospital, University of Manitoba, Manitoba Institute…
Training of Neurosurgeons
© Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2014Ahmed Ammar and Mark Bernstein (eds.)Neurosurgical Ethics in Practice: Value-based Medicine10.1007/978-3-642-54980-9_19 19. Training of Neurosurgeons George M. Ibrahim1 and Mark Bernstein2 (1) Division of Neurosurgery, Department of Surgery, Institute of Medical Science, University of…
Neuroethics
© Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2014Ahmed Ammar and Mark Bernstein (eds.)Neurosurgical Ethics in Practice: Value-based Medicine10.1007/978-3-642-54980-9_18 18. Neuroethics Adefolarin O. Malomo1, 2 and Mark Bernstein3 (1) Departments of Surgery and Human Anatomy, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria (2) Department…
Consent in Emergency Clinical Research
© Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2014Ahmed Ammar and Mark Bernstein (eds.)Neurosurgical Ethics in Practice: Value-based Medicine10.1007/978-3-642-54980-9_17 17. Consent in Emergency Clinical Research Erwin J. O. Kompanje1 and Mark Bernstein2 (1) Intensive Care Medicine, Erasmus MC University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The…
Research Ethics
© Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2014Ahmed Ammar and Mark Bernstein (eds.)Neurosurgical Ethics in Practice: Value-based Medicine10.1007/978-3-642-54980-9_16 16. Research Ethics Nir Lipsman1, 2 and Mark Bernstein3 (1) Division of Neurosurgery, University of Toronto, 399 Bathurst Street, Toronto, ON, M5T…
Neurosurgical Innovation
Description of procedure Example Recommendation New OR procedure not in RCT Elective Spinal cord stem cell transplant IRB/surgeon-in-chief Urgent Pattie to plug aneurysm Post hoc discussion with peers New procedure…
Workplace Ethics and Professionalism
© Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2014Ahmed Ammar and Mark Bernstein (eds.)Neurosurgical Ethics in Practice: Value-based Medicine10.1007/978-3-642-54980-9_14 14. Workplace Ethics and Professionalism Ross Upshur1 and Mark Bernstein2 (1) Division of Clinical Public Health, Department of Family and Community Medicine,…
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…
