Ethics of Innovation in Neurosurgery (eBook)

Marike Broekman, M.D. Ph.D. L.L.M. is a neurosurgeon with a focus on neuro-oncology at Haaglanden Medical Center/Leiden University Medical Center, the Netherlands and holds appointments at the Department of Neurology at Massachusetts General Hospital/ Harvard Medical School Boston, USA. Dr. Broekman is the principle investigator of a laboratory focusing on the development of innovative treatments and techniques for the diagnosis of brain tumors. She is the current president of the Ethico-Legal Committee of the European Association of Neurosurgical Societies and a member of the Ethics Committee of the World Association of Neurosurgical Societies. Dr. Broekman has published over 80 papers in peer-reviewed journals, and is a member of the editorial board of Acta Neurochirurgica.

Part I Innovation in Neurosurgery: Key Ethical Challenges.- 1. Defining Innovation in Neurosurgery: Challenges and Implications.- 2. Informed Consent for Neurosurgical Innovation.- 3. Ethical Challenges of Current Oversight and Regulation of Novel Medical Devices in Neurosurgery.- 4. Ethics of Neurosurgical Innovation: Oversight and Regulation.- 5. The Ethics of the Learning Curve in Innovative Neurosurgery.- 6. Innovation in Pediatric Neurosurgery: The Ethical Agenda.- 7. Conflict of Interest in Neurosurgical Innovation.- Part II Payment for and Right to Innovation in Neurosurgery.- 8. The Ethics of Funding Innovation: Who Should Pay?.- 9. Public Pressure for Neurosurgical Innovation.- 10. Surgical Innovation for Terminal Illnesses: Do Patients have a Right to Access Innovative Treatments?.- 11. Ethics Committees, Innovative Surgery, and Organizational Ethics.- Part III Evaluation of Innovations in Neurosurgery.- 12. Evaluating Awake Craniotomies in Glioma Patients: Meeting the Challenge.- 13. Ethical Considerations of Neuro-Oncology Trial Design in the Era of Precision Medicine.- 14. The Ethics of Passive Data and Digital Phenotyping in Neurosurgery.- 15. Research Ethics: When Innovation is Clearly Research.- Part IV Innovation in Neurosurgery: Required Culture and Team Collaboration. 16. Innovation and Team Collaboration in Neurosurgery.- 17. Culture and Attitudes Supporting Ethical Innovation in Neurosurgery.- 18. Perspective: Future of Innovation in Neurosurgery.