title: [Conflicts from the viewpoint of the surgeon].
abstract: Media-related subjects of conflict include (1) the media's limited but major focus on information, sensation and entertainment; (2) information first published before research done; (3) journalistic eagerness to hide nothing and say everything; (4) permanent onesided praise of surgery creating high utopian expectations; (5) false, at least, exaggerated promises of more than medicine can justify; (6) extreme critics making personal accusations already upon suspicion of surgical errors; (7) stepmotherly treatment of surgical routine, its accomplishments and pressures.
authors.affiliation: Chirurgische Klinik St. Johannes-Hospital, Dortmund.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Imdahl
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D005860:Germany, West; D006266:Health Education / Q000639:trends*; D006801:Humans; D008402:Mass Media / Q000639:trends*; D010819:Physician's Role; D012380:Role; D013514:Surgical Procedures, Operative / Q000639:trends*
vernacular_title: Konflikte aus der Sicht von Chirurgen.