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Equity Under the Knife: Justice and Evidence in Surgery
Author(s) -
Rogers Wendy,
Degeling Christopher,
Townley Cynthia
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
bioethics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.494
H-Index - 55
eISSN - 1467-8519
pISSN - 0269-9702
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-8519.2012.01980.x
Subject(s) - equity (law) , autonomy , bioethics , medical ethics , informed consent , beneficence , economic justice , intervention (counseling) , psychology , health care , personal autonomy , medicine , nursing , alternative medicine , law , political science , psychiatry , pathology
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.