Issues in Surgical Ethics—A Selected SURGERY Journal article for CME Offering

NOT EVERY DECISION REQUIRED OF A SURGEON is painted in black or white, nor do those decisions come down only to whether to operate, when to operate, and what operation to do. Ethical, cultural, ethnic, religious, and individual personal concerns and preferences—of the patient, the family, and the surgeon—come into play and may limit the degrees of freedom of choices. The concept of "Culturally competent care" has entered our lexicon and become a criterion of excellence in medical and nursing treatment. It is also an important element of  professionalism, one of the six competencies defined by the ACGME and mandated to be a component of graduate surgical education.  How to incorporate understanding of and sensitivity to the evolving ethical issues in surgical practice remains a challenge. How to demonstrate that ethical issues are taught to surgical residents and how to measure the penetration of that learning has been left largely to the energy and ingenuity of residency program directors.

The Editors of SURGERY, in partnership with the American College of Surgeons, are offering a quarterly series of ethical challenges embedded in clinical scenarios, which are based on actual clinical stories. We hope you find these presentations interesting and helpful. Practicing surgeons and surgical residents can earn CME credits for participating through reading the article and fulfilling CME requirements.

Andrew L. Warshaw, MD, FACS and Michael G. Sarr, MD, FACS
Editors-in-Chief

This CME offering is open and free of charge to ACS Members and non-Members alike.

You do not need to be a current subscriber to the SURGERY Journal.

Once you sign in, you will need to agree to the accreditation information which then is followed by the actual link to the Issues in Surgical Ethics article (PDF download).

Upon reading the article, you are required to complete a short quiz and evaluation in order to earn CME credit. Once you have successfully completed the test (100% score, unlimited attempts) and evaluation you may then print out a copy of the CME certificate. Please note that for members of ACS this certificate will also be transferred to your MY CME portal page. If non-members require duplicate certificates, please contact Ann Griffin, Senior Manager, Program for Verification of Surgical Knowledge and Skills, at 312-202-5430 or e-mail mycme@facs.org.

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Click here to access the September 2010 CME offering

This editorial was published in SURGERY, Volume 164, September 2010 Issue, Andrew L. Warshaw, MD, FACS, and Michael G. Sarr, MD, FACS, Ethics Editorial Note, Page 5, Copyright Elsevier 2010

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This editorial was published in SURGERY, Volume 160, May 2010 Issue, Andrew L. Warshaw, MD, FACS, and Michael G. Sarr, MD, FACS, Ethics Editorial Note, Page 5, Copyright Elsevier 2010

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This editorial was published in SURGERY, Volume 158, March 2010 Issue, Andrew L. Warshaw, MD, FACS, and Michael G. Sarr, MD, FACS, Ethics Editorial Note, Page 5, Copyright Elsevier 2010

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This editorial was published in SURGERY, Volume 154, November 2009 Issue, Andrew L. Warshaw, MD, FACS, and Michael G. Sarr, MD, FACS, Ethics Editorial Note, Page 5, Copyright Elsevier 2009

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This editorial was published in SURGERY, Volume 151, July 2009 Issue, Andrew L. Warshaw, MD, FACS, and Michael G. Sarr, MD, FACS, Ethics Editorial Note, Page 5, Copyright Elsevier 2009

Click here to access the April CME offering.

This editorial was published in SURGERY, Volume 148, April 2009 Issue, Andrew L. Warshaw, MD, FACS, and Michael G. Sarr, MD, FACS, Ethics Editorial Note, Page 5, Copyright Elsevier 2009

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This editorial was published in SURGERY, Volume 145, January 2009 Issue, Andrew L. Warshaw, MD, FACS, and Michael G. Sarr, MD, FACS, Ethics Editorial Note, Page 5, Copyright Elsevier 2009

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