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. 2012 May;8(3):451-65.
doi: 10.2217/fca.11.91.

Ethical issues in cardiac surgery

Minoo N Kavarana  1 , Robert M Sade
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Ethical issues in cardiac surgery

Minoo N Kavarana et al. Future Cardiol. 2012 May.

Abstract

While ethical behavior has always been part of cardiac surgical practice, ethical deliberation has only recently become an important component of cardiac surgical practice. Issues such as informed consent, conflict of interest and professional self-regulation, among many others, have increasingly attracted the attention of cardiac surgeons. This article covers several broad topics of interest to cardiac surgeons and cardiologists and discusses several other topics more briefly. There is much uncertainty regarding what the future holds for cardiac surgical practice, research and culture and we also discuss the background of ethical issues to serve as a platform for envisioning what is to come.

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