Ethics in Thoracic Surgery

1.Compliance with HIPAA Regulations: Ethics and Excesses (Angelos) 2.Surgeons' Health Problems: Should They Be Disclosed to Patients? (Campbell) 3.The Ethics of Withdrawing Life-Sustaining Treatment (Cooper and Reynolds) 4.The Uses of Deceptin in Medical Decision Making (Farber) 5.Access to Surgical Care for the Uninsured Patient (Goodman) 6.Are Gifts to Surgeons from Industry Bad for Patients? (Iserson and Grant) 7.The Effect of Patients' Noncompliance on Their Surgeons' Obligations (Jacobson) 8.Informed Consent: It's Not Just Signing A Form (Jones) 9.Advance Directives and Surrogate Decision Makers for Incompetent Patients (Karlawish and Weinryb) 10.Postoperative Futile Care: Stopping the Train When the Family Says 'Keep Going' (Lee) 11.To Err is Human : How Far Have We Come Since IOM 1999 ? (Leape) 12.Clinical Trials, Ethics, and Thoracic Surgery (Miller) 13.New Technology in Surgery: There Must Be A Better Way (Morreim) 14.Ethical Issues in Living Donation of Thoracic Organs (Wells)