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Ethics in Thoracic Surgery: An Issue of Thoracic Surgery Clinics(v. 15-4 The Clinics: Surgery)

Ethics in Thoracic Surgery: An Issue of Thoracic Surgery Clinics(v. 15-4 The Clinics: Surgery)


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This issue will focus on Ethics in Thoracic Surgery and will cover a wide variety of topics, including patient safety and medical errors, including articles on life support systems, patient non-compliance, postoperative care, the uninsured, HIPAA regulations, and clinical trials.

Table of Contents:
1. Compliance with HIPAA Regulations: Ethics and Excesses (Angelos) 2. Surgeons' Health Problems: Should They Be Disclosed to Patients? (Campbell) 3. The Ethics of Withdrawing Life-Sustaining Treatment (Cooper and Reynolds) 4. The Uses of Deceptin in Medical Decision Making (Farber) 5. Access to Surgical Care for the Uninsured Patient (Goodman) 6. Are Gifts to Surgeons from Industry Bad for Patients? (Iserson and Grant) 7. The Effect of Patients' Noncompliance on Their Surgeons' Obligations (Jacobson) 8. Informed Consent: It's Not Just Signing A Form (Jones) 9. Advance Directives and Surrogate Decision Makers for Incompetent Patients (Karlawish and Weinryb) 10. Postoperative Futile Care: Stopping the Train When the Family Says 'Keep Going' (Lee) 11. To Err is Human : How Far Have We Come Since IOM 1999 ? (Leape) 12. Clinical Trials, Ethics, and Thoracic Surgery (Miller) 13. New Technology in Surgery: There Must Be A Better Way (Morreim) 14. Ethical Issues in Living Donation of Thoracic Organs (Wells)

About the Author :
Dr. Mark Ferguson specializes in the surgical management of diseases of the chest. His most active areas of surgical management include lung cancer, benign and malignant esophageal diseases, mesothelioma, and thymoma. He has broad experience in using minimally invasive techniques, and performs 80% of his operations either using VATS, robotics, or laparoscopy. As founding Program Director of the University of Chicago Cardiothoracic Fellowship Program, Dr. Ferguson supervises the training of cardiothoracic fellows. He has served on the boards and committees of numerous national societies and institutions including the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and CTSNet.org. Dr. Ferguson is the author of more than 100 chapters in medical textbooks. He has edited or written 8 books, and has completed 3 editions of Difficult Decisions in Thoracic Surgery. He has also published more than 350 papers and abstracts in medical journals. Dr. Ferguson serves as a deputy editor for the Annals of Thoracic Surgery, is on the editorial board of 3 other journals, and is Editor of CTSNet.org. He serves as the Executive Director of the International Society for Diseases of the Esophagus.


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781416027997
  • Publisher: Elsevier - Health Sciences Division
  • Publisher Imprint: Saunders
  • Language: English
  • Series Title: v. 15-4 The Clinics: Surgery
  • ISBN-10: 1416027998
  • Publisher Date: 27 Oct 2005
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Returnable: N
  • Sub Title: An Issue of Thoracic Surgery Clinics


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