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Chapter 17 - Spinal 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

Spinal surgery is unique to other neurosurgical subspecialties such as trauma, tumor, and vascular neurosurgery in that it is generally for preservation of quality of life rather than life-preserving surgery. This, along with the nature of degenerative disease as well as the unique relationship and influence of industry, has created unique ethical issues within the spine surgery field.

Keywords

spine surgeryethicsconflict of interestautonomyinformed consent
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Ethics in Neurosurgical Practice , pp. 168 - 174
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2020

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