Severe Neurosurgical Conditions in Children
Fig. 7.1 MRI of high thoracic myelomeningocele Fig. 7.2 MRI showing massive hydrocephalus Fig. 7.3 Closure of the defect with rotation flaps and split skin techniques Seven years later, she…
Privacy and Confidentiality
Fig. 6.1 The preoperative MRI Fig. 6.2 The postoperative MRI at 7 months Fig. 6.3 The postoperative MRI at 12 months Case 4 (Patient Shares Criminal Intent with the Psychiatrist)…
Brief History of Bioethics
Fig. 1.1 Elements of value-based medicine 1. Autonomy, in which the patient has the right to choose or refuse methods for the management of their medical problem. Neurosurgeons and medical…
International Neurosurgery Collaborations
Fig. 24.1 Enhanced CT of an 8-year-old boy with subacute blindness and severe headaches who presented to a neurosurgery clinic in a sub-Saharan African city. The figure shows (1) advanced…
Ethical Decision-Making
Fig. 12.1 Axial T1-enhanced MRI showing a hemorrhagic metastasis in the right frontal lobe of a 37-year-old woman with metastatic melanoma Fig. 12.2 A smaller second lesion is seen on…
Neurosurgeons and the Media
1. What is your name? 2. What is the name of your publication or programme, and who is its target audience? 2. What is your deadline? 3. Is the interview…
Medicolegal Issues
Fig. 22.1 Questions a neurosurgeon should ask him-/herself before being an expert witness Pearl Medical expert testimony is crucial in medical malpractice litigation and is a very important part of…
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…
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…
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…
