Neurosurgery and Medical Ethics

ISBN-13: 9783709173107 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 100 str.

H. August Van Alphen

Opis

The complexity of medical practice in general and of neurosurgery in particular has increased exponentially, together with the technical advance in medicine, during the last few decades. If the medical profession continues developing new medical opportunities in future, it also bears the responsibility for drawing up the ethical standards, so doctors can safely apply the new achievements to the benefit of their patients. In this volume, the different cultural, religious and moral backgrounds of medical ethics in east and west will be elucidated by experts in the field. A respectful understanding of each other s conception and belief is a growing necessity in our multicultural world. Then, the ethical aspects of different fields of neurosurgery will be discussed. And finally, some contributions on how to educate moral behaviour will be presented. The book is intended to provide the reader with an ethical framework, which may help him to make sound decisions even in difficult or unusual circumstances."

Recenzje

"... The approach is refreshingly broadly based with contributions on the approaches to medical ethics from Muslim, Jewish, Christian, Indian and Japanese perspectives, paying particular attention to the issues that are current in neurosurgery ... a very useful addition to libraries used by those who both train for and practice neurosurgery." British Journal of Neurosurgery, 2000/14 (6)

Spis treści

Opening Ceremony Ninth Convention of the Academia Eurasiana Neurochirurgica.- Presidential Welcome Address.- Opening Address to the 9th Convention.- The Twain have met!.- Welcome Address on Behalf of the Netherlands Society of Neurosurgeons.- Symposium Neurosurgery and Medical Ethics.- Medical Ethics from the Muslim Perspective.- Islam and Medical Ethics.- Medical Ethics in India: Then and Now.- Biblical Moral and Religious Principles in Medical Practice.- Carrying on the Healing Mission of Christ: Medical Ethics in the Christian Tradition.- Traditional Ethical Ideas on Life and Organ Transplantation in Japan.- Principles and Concepts of Brain Death and Organ Donation: The Jewish Perspective.- Brain Death in Practice — A Retrospective View.- Criteria for Selection of ‘Death with Dignity’ — From Clinical Cases of Malignant Brain Tumours.- Death with Dignity — On the Withdrawal of Life-Sustaining Measures.- Euthanasia in the Netherlands: Transparency and Accountability.- New Technologies and Methods in Neurosurgery — Ethical Dilemmas.- Professional Integrity: On Moral Education in Medicine.- Ethical Requisites of Basic Knowledge, Diagnostic Procedures and Operative Techniques in Neurosurgical Training and Practice.- Author Index.