Is there a distinct surgical ethics?

Christian Vercler, MD

Clinical Assistant Professor, Plastic Surgery
Co-Chair, Pediatric and Adult Ethics Committees
Co-Director, Clinical Ethics Program, CBSSM

Abstract: I will examine whether there is a distinct ethics of surgery, or if surgical ethics is just an expression of an already familiar medical ethics. I will argue that there is something truly distinct about the practice of surgery that is not adequately captured in contemporary bioethical discourse.