© 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…

© 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…

© 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…

© 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…

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…

© 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,…

Fig. 13.1 Planning CT (for fusion with MRI) after frame placement of a patient about to receive Gamma Knife radiosurgery for a small metastasis – a large right frontal one…

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…

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…

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…