Stephen Honeybul is the Statewide Director of the Neurosurgical Service of Western Australia and a Consultant Neurosurgeon at the Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, the Royal Perth Hospital and the Fiona Stanley Hospital. He is also the Co-Chair of the Ethics and Medico-Legal Affairs Committee for the World Federation of Neurosurgical Societies.

• Introduction Stephen Honeybul; Part I. General Ethics: 1. Introduction and principles of bioethics Ian Kerridge; 2. Models and methods in ethics Cara Sedney; 3. The concept and implementation of values based medicine (VsBM) in neurosurger Ahmed Ammar and Tiit Mathiesen; 4. The three functions of consent in neurosurgery Cameron Stewart and Ian Kerridge; 5. Withholding and withdrawing medical treatment: legal, ethical and practical considerations Cameron Stewart, Tiit Mathiesen and Ahmed Ammar; 6. Surgical training Magnus Tisell and Naci Balak; 7. The aging surgeon Stephen Honeybul and Gene Bolles; 8. Healthcare economics Naci Balak and Magnus Tisell; 9. Patient data, ownership, storage, and social media David Cote and Timothy Smith; Part II. Neurosurgery Specific Bioethics: 10. Historical overview of ethics in neurosurgery Cara Sedney; 11. Evidence-based neurosurgery: principles, applicability and challenges Ignatius Esene; 12. Ethical challenges of neurosurgical care for brain tumour patients Marike Broekman, Alexander Hulsbergen and Timothy Smith; 13. Severe traumatic brain injury Stephen Honeybul, Kwok Ho and Grant Gillett; 14. 'Malignant' middle cerebral artery infarction Stephen Honeybul, Volker Puetz and Lars-Peder Pallesen; 15. Aneurysmal subarachnoid haemorrhage Stephen Honeybul and Albert Chiu; 16. Paediatric neurosurgery Naci Balak and Ulrika Sandvik; 17. Spinal neurosurgery Cara Sedney; 18. Ethical challenges in psychosurgery: a new start or more of the same? Paul A. Komesaroff and Jeffrey Rosenfeld; 19. Brain death and organ donation George Skowronski and Ian Kerridge; Part III. Future Developments: 20. Ethical aspects of innovation in neurosurgery Mario Ammirati, Jeffrey Rosenfeld and Alexander Hulsbergen; 21. Stem cells and brain repair: ethical considerations Ivar Mendez; 22. Brain machine-interface technology in neurosurgery Jeffrey Rosenfeld and Marike Broekman; 23. International neurosurgery Ann Mansur and Mark Bernstein; 24. Live televised surgery Eiichi Ishikawa, Nobuyuki Sakai, Stephen Honeybul and Akira Matsumura; Index.

'This introductory ethics textbook follows the conventional format both stylistically and structurally. It includes chapters on ethical theories … ethical issues specific to neurosurgical practice, case scenarios, developments in neurosurgical technologies, and specific procedures that have introduced new ethical issues … the book becomes a valuable resource for both students and practitioners by opening a questioning dialog and by sustaining the conversation about current ethical considerations in neurosurgical practice.' D. P. Turner, Choice

Stephen Honeybul is the Statewide Director of the Neurosurgical Service of Western Australia and a Consultant Neurosurgeon at the Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, the Royal Perth Hospital and the Fiona Stanley Hospital. He is also the Co-Chair of the Ethics and Medico-Legal Affairs Committee for the World Federation of Neurosurgical Societies.

• Introduction Stephen Honeybul; Part I. General Ethics: 1. Introduction and principles of bioethics Ian Kerridge; 2. Models and methods in ethics Cara Sedney; 3. The concept and implementation of values based medicine (VsBM) in neurosurger Ahmed Ammar and Tiit Mathiesen; 4. The three functions of consent in neurosurgery Cameron Stewart and Ian Kerridge; 5. Withholding and withdrawing medical treatment: legal, ethical and practical considerations Cameron Stewart, Tiit Mathiesen and Ahmed Ammar; 6. Surgical training Magnus Tisell and Naci Balak; 7. The aging surgeon Stephen Honeybul and Gene Bolles; 8. Healthcare economics Naci Balak and Magnus Tisell; 9. Patient data, ownership, storage, and social media David Cote and Timothy Smith; Part II. Neurosurgery Specific Bioethics: 10. Historical overview of ethics in neurosurgery Cara Sedney; 11. Evidence-based neurosurgery: principles, applicability and challenges Ignatius Esene; 12. Ethical challenges of neurosurgical care for brain tumour patients Marike Broekman, Alexander Hulsbergen and Timothy Smith; 13. Severe traumatic brain injury Stephen Honeybul, Kwok Ho and Grant Gillett; 14. 'Malignant' middle cerebral artery infarction Stephen Honeybul, Volker Puetz and Lars-Peder Pallesen; 15. Aneurysmal subarachnoid haemorrhage Stephen Honeybul and Albert Chiu; 16. Paediatric neurosurgery Naci Balak and Ulrika Sandvik; 17. Spinal neurosurgery Cara Sedney; 18. Ethical challenges in psychosurgery: a new start or more of the same? Paul A. Komesaroff and Jeffrey Rosenfeld; 19. Brain death and organ donation George Skowronski and Ian Kerridge; Part III. Future Developments: 20. Ethical aspects of innovation in neurosurgery Mario Ammirati, Jeffrey Rosenfeld and Alexander Hulsbergen; 21. Stem cells and brain repair: ethical considerations Ivar Mendez; 22. Brain machine-interface technology in neurosurgery Jeffrey Rosenfeld and Marike Broekman; 23. International neurosurgery Ann Mansur and Mark Bernstein; 24. Live televised surgery Eiichi Ishikawa, Nobuyuki Sakai, Stephen Honeybul and Akira Matsumura; Index.

'This introductory ethics textbook follows the conventional format both stylistically and structurally. It includes chapters on ethical theories … ethical issues specific to neurosurgical practice, case scenarios, developments in neurosurgical technologies, and specific procedures that have introduced new ethical issues … the book becomes a valuable resource for both students and practitioners by opening a questioning dialog and by sustaining the conversation about current ethical considerations in neurosurgical practice.' D. P. Turner, Choice

Stephen Honeybul is the Statewide Director of the Neurosurgical Service of Western Australia and a Consultant Neurosurgeon at the Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, the Royal Perth Hospital and the Fiona Stanley Hospital. He is also the Co-Chair of the Ethics and Medico-Legal Affairs Committee for the World Federation of Neurosurgical Societies.

• Introduction Stephen Honeybul; Part I. General Ethics: 1. Introduction and principles of bioethics Ian Kerridge; 2. Models and methods in ethics Cara Sedney; 3. The concept and implementation of values based medicine (VsBM) in neurosurger Ahmed Ammar and Tiit Mathiesen; 4. The three functions of consent in neurosurgery Cameron Stewart and Ian Kerridge; 5. Withholding and withdrawing medical treatment: legal, ethical and practical considerations Cameron Stewart, Tiit Mathiesen and Ahmed Ammar; 6. Surgical training Magnus Tisell and Naci Balak; 7. The aging surgeon Stephen Honeybul and Gene Bolles; 8. Healthcare economics Naci Balak and Magnus Tisell; 9. Patient data, ownership, storage, and social media David Cote and Timothy Smith; Part II. Neurosurgery Specific Bioethics: 10. Historical overview of ethics in neurosurgery Cara Sedney; 11. Evidence-based neurosurgery: principles, applicability and challenges Ignatius Esene; 12. Ethical challenges of neurosurgical care for brain tumour patients Marike Broekman, Alexander Hulsbergen and Timothy Smith; 13. Severe traumatic brain injury Stephen Honeybul, Kwok Ho and Grant Gillett; 14. 'Malignant' middle cerebral artery infarction Stephen Honeybul, Volker Puetz and Lars-Peder Pallesen; 15. Aneurysmal subarachnoid haemorrhage Stephen Honeybul and Albert Chiu; 16. Paediatric neurosurgery Naci Balak and Ulrika Sandvik; 17. Spinal neurosurgery Cara Sedney; 18. Ethical challenges in psychosurgery: a new start or more of the same? Paul A. Komesaroff and Jeffrey Rosenfeld; 19. Brain death and organ donation George Skowronski and Ian Kerridge; Part III. Future Developments: 20. Ethical aspects of innovation in neurosurgery Mario Ammirati, Jeffrey Rosenfeld and Alexander Hulsbergen; 21. Stem cells and brain repair: ethical considerations Ivar Mendez; 22. Brain machine-interface technology in neurosurgery Jeffrey Rosenfeld and Marike Broekman; 23. International neurosurgery Ann Mansur and Mark Bernstein; 24. Live televised surgery Eiichi Ishikawa, Nobuyuki Sakai, Stephen Honeybul and Akira Matsumura; Index.

'This introductory ethics textbook follows the conventional format both stylistically and structurally. It includes chapters on ethical theories … ethical issues specific to neurosurgical practice, case scenarios, developments in neurosurgical technologies, and specific procedures that have introduced new ethical issues … the book becomes a valuable resource for both students and practitioners by opening a questioning dialog and by sustaining the conversation about current ethical considerations in neurosurgical practice.' D. P. Turner, Choice