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Previous Volume 340:1446-1447 May 6, 1999 Number 18

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Edited by Laurence B. McCullough, James W. Jones, and Baruch A. Brody. 396 pp. New York, Oxford University Press, 1998. $49.50. ISBN 0-19-510347-5.

There is an increasing need for discussion of the ethical issues faced specifically by surgeons in their practice and research. Surgical Ethics is one of the first books devoted to this topic, and it is a worthwhile beginning.

The 19 chapters were written by ethicists, surgeons, or both, depending on the topic. Some of the material is typical of a medical-ethics textbook: informed consent, confidentiality, advance directives, transplantation, care of dying patients, research and innovation, conflicts of interest within the hospital, and conflict with payers. Other themes are peculiar to surgery: operating on patients who are family members, friends, or . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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