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Chapter 10 - A Historical Overview of Ethics in Neurosurgery

from Part II - Neurosurgery-Specific Bioethics

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 May 2020

By
Cara Sedney
Edited by
Stephen Honeybul
Stephen Honeybul
Affiliation:
Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Royal Perth and Fiona Stanley Hospitals
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Summary

Current medical ethics and bioethics, as well as neurosurgical ethics in particular, are derived from a number of historical sources. Early medical ethics became increasingly deontological, and transformed into bioethics with increasing societal impact with scientific interventions. Neurosurgeons have been involved in ethical issues since the inception of the field.

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history of ethicsbioethicshistoricalcode of ethics
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Ethics in Neurosurgical Practice , pp. 95 - 100
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2020

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