TY - JOUR T1 - Surgical Ethics JF - Journal of Medical Ethics JO - J Med Ethics SP - 146 LP - 146 DO - 10.1136/jme.26.2.146 VL - 26 IS - 2 AU - Professor A G Johnson Y1 - 2000/04/01 UR - http://jme.bmj.com/content/26/2/146.abstract N2 - Many volumes have been written in recent years on medical ethics, but comparatively few have been focused especially on the ethics of surgery. Yet surgical practice offers a very sharp focus for many ethical principles. This excellent book is particularly timely because of the current re-evaluation of patients' rights and surgeons' rights, degrees of autonomy and the nature of consent. Of the 39 contributors, a majority are practising surgeons, who are having to make ethical decisions every day in their practice. This means that surgeons reading this book immediately identify … ER -