title: [Ethics in surgery].
abstract: From the large spectrum of possible subjects concerning ethics in surgery the following questions shall be considered in more detail. a) The problem of trust the patient puts in his surgeon as a technician as well as a physician and human being. b) The influence of ethical considerations on the indication to operate. c) Reflexion about the limits of what is possible and what is ethical.
authors.affiliation: Vorsteher Chirurgisches Department, Kantonsspital Luzern.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Stulz
mesh_terms: D002983:Clinical Competence; D004992:Ethics, Medical; D013502:General Surgery; D006801:Humans; D018447:Medical Futility; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D013557:Switzerland
vernacular_title: Ethik in der Chirurgie.