Equity under the knife: justice and evidence in surgery.
Surgery is an increasingly common and expensive mode of medical intervention. The ethical dimensions of the surgeon-patient relationship, including respect for personal autonomy and informed consent, are much discussed; but broader equity issues have not received the same attention. This paper extends the understanding of surgical ethics by considering the nature of evidence in surgery and its relationship to a just provision of healthcare for individuals and their populations.
Macquarie University.
Wendy
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Rogers
Christopher
C
Degeling
Cynthia
C
Townley
D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic / Q000941:ethics; D004992:Ethics, Medical; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine / Q000941:ethics*; D006801:Humans; D018579:Patient Selection; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations / Q000941:ethics*; D011320:Primary Health Care; D012935:Social Justice; D013514:Surgical Procedures, Operative / Q000941:ethics*; D016896:Treatment Outcome