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…
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….
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…
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…
© 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…
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…
Fig. 18.1 Change with time in the ICAM-1 mRNA/G3PDH mRNA ratio after compression injury. The relative amount of ICAM-1 mRNA was quantified by densitometry and expressed as the lCAM-1/G3PDH ratio….
Fig. 15.1 KS and CS expression after spinal cord injury. (a) Expression profile of 5D4-reactive KS in wild-type mice after spinal cord injury. Scale bar, 100 μm. (b–d) KS was…
Fig. 26.1 The structure of high molecular weight neurofilament. NF-H is the longest form of neurofilament, having 150 kd as its molecular weight. Near its C-terminus NF-H contains more than…
Fig. 31.1 Excitatory synaptic transmission in the dorsal horn. When an impulse is transmitted to central terminals of afferent fibers, excitatory neurotransmitters are released. Glutamate and substance P act at…
