© 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. 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…
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…
