title: Lessons from the masters: professional and ethical advice from senior neurosurgeons.
abstract: This paper is a collection of professional and ethical advice from 10 senior neurosurgeons. Each of these gentlemen was asked to summarize the best and most important of the lessons he had learned from a long and distinguished career in neurosurgery. This information has been expressed in the form of advice to a young neurosurgeon about to embark on his or her career. The collected wisdom of these surgeons is summarized and salient points emphasized.
authors.affiliation: Medford Neurological Clinic, Oregon.
authors.forename: D B
authors.initials: DB
authors.lastname: Kirkpatrick
mesh_terms: D030881:Disclosure; D004992:Ethics, Medical; D006801:Humans; D009493:Neurosurgery / Q000592:standards*; D011361:Professional Competence; D028722:Virtues