Sample Games

All in the Family: How Close Is Too Close? The Ethics of Treating Loved Ones 

J Kerrigan, S Rovelstad, I Kodner, J La Puma, J Keune. Surgery 2011 Mar;149(3):433-7. 

 

Banding in Bangkok, CABG in Calcutta: The US Physician and the Growing Field of Medical Tourism  

E Weiss, P Spataro, I Kodner, J Keune. Surgery 2010 Sept;148(3):597-601. 

 

Collaboration with China in the Field of Organ Transplantation  

A Leitner, I Kodner, R Munson, D Cronin. Surgery 2008 Nov;144(5):725-28. 

 

Conflicts of Interest Concerning the Use of Implants in the Operating Room 

R Luginbuhl, I Kodner, J Keune. Surgery 2010 May;147(5):738-41. 

 

Confronting the Therapeutic Misconception 

N Grieselhuber, I Kodner, D Brown, J Yu. Surgery 2017 Apr 12;162(1):183–187.   

 

Distributing a Limited Resource: Ethical Allocation of Deceased Donor Kidneys   

I Chumfong, D Brown, J Keune, I Kodner, S Ray, A Zihni. Surgery 2014 Jul;156(1):198-203. 

 

Ethical Challenges of Reconsidered Informed Consent in Trauma  

E Zubovic, I Kodner, D Brown, G Kleiber, T Tung, J Yu. Surgery 2016 Jun;159(6):1684-1688. 

 

Ethical Counseling of an Indecisive Patient with Low-risk Prostate Carcinoma: A Case Study  

J Higham-Kessler, I Kodner, J Keune. Surgery 2010 Nov;148(5):1022-25. 

 

Ethical Dilemmas in the Care of Afghan Women by American Military Surgeons  

J Miller, D Brown, J Keune, I Kodner, S Ray, S Steele, A Zihni. Surgery 2014 Nov;156(5):1278-81. 

 

Fetus-saving Caesarian Rejection by Pregnant Woman: A Case Study   

B DeBosch, D Brown, G Tse, M Hua, I Kodner. Surgery 2009 Jan;145(1):6-8. 

 

Industry Sponsored Clinical Trials: The Problem of Conflicts of Interest

S Jia, D Brown, A Wall, I Kodner, J Keune. Bull Am Coll Surg 2013 May;98(7):32. 

 

Issues in Surgical Ethics: Teaching Natural-orifice Transluminal Endoscopic Surgical Techniques to Practicing Surgeons  

A Wall, V Puppala, I Kodner, P Angelos, J Keune. Surgery 2012 Mar;151(3):484-87. 

 

A Living Donor with Low Intelligence: Can We Obtain Informed Consent?  

L Givens, B Hong, J Wellen, N Werner, I Kodner, A Vijayan, J Keune. Surgery 2012 Nov;152(5):911-14. 

 

Looking Beyond the Crystal Ball: An Ethical Dilemma in Advance Directive Implementation in Multidisciplinary Patient Care  

J Yu, D Brown, I Kodner, S Ray. Surgery 2015 Nov;158(5):1389–94.  

 

Medical Treatment of Jehovah’s Witnesses  

M Hua, R Munson, A Lucas, S Rovelstad, M Klingensmith, I Kodner. Surgery 2008 Apr;143(4):463-65. 

 

Permanent Sterilization of Mentally Disabled Individuals: A Case Study 

D Caralis, I Kodner, D Brown. Surgery 2009 Nov;146(5):959-63. 

 

Physicians Judging Medical Negligence: A Conflict of Values  

 D Chen, K Vuylsteke, I Kodner, D Brown, S Ray. Surgery 2015 Apr;157(4):818-23. 

 

Respecting Autonomy in the Setting of Acute Traumatic Quadriplegia  

A Taub, J Keune, I Kodner, M Schwarze. Surgery 2014 Feb;155(2):355-60. 

 

The Role of the Poor in Medical Research and the Physician’s Duty to Protect  

S Kendler, I Kodner, J Keune. Surgery 2013 Feb;153(2):287-91. 

 

Seeking Equilibrium in Decision Making: The Balance Between Clinical Judgment and Patient Goals

L Moses, I Kodner, D Brown, B Nussenbaum, J Yu. Bull Am Coll Surg 2016 Jul;101(7):24-29. 

 

Sharing Clinical Photographs: Patient Rights, Professional Ethics, and Institutional Responsibilities

J Means, I Kodner, D Brown, S Ray. Bull Am Coll Surg 2015 Oct;100(10):17-22.  

 

The Surgeon As Professional: Changes and Challenges Over Time 

C Noda, D Brown, P Kopar. Ann Surg 2023 Aug 1;278(2):179-183. 

 

A Surgeon Coerced Under the Taliban: An Ethical Dilemma  

L Kruse, A Iqbal, A Aziz, I Kodner, J Keune. Surgery 2011 Jun;149(6):825-29. 

 

Surgical ‘Buy-In’: Contractual Relationship between Surgeons and Patients That Influence Decisions Regarding Life-supporting Therapy  

 M Schwarze, C Bradley, K Brasel. Crit Care Med 2010 Mar;38(3):843–48.   

 

Surgical Futility: Aggressive Surgery on the Severely Demented  

K Rowland, I Kodner, M Cashen, M Schwarze. Surgery 2009 Apr;145(4):351-54. 

 

Surrogate Decision-making: A Woman in Fulminant Liver Failure After an Acetaminophen Overdose  

E O’Connor, M Schwarze, I Kodner, J Keune. Surgery 2011 Nov;150(5):1006-10. 

 

To Protect and Serve: The Ethical Dilemma of Allowing Police Access to Trauma Patients

K Ott, D Brown, I Kodner, K Bernabe, J Yu. Bull Am Coll Surg 2017 Oct;102(10):42-48. 

 

Transplant in a Patient with Comorbid Psychiatric Illness: An Ethical Dilemma

E Boyum, D Brown, A Zihni, J Keune, B Hong, I Kodner, S Ray. Bull Am Coll Surg 2014 Nov;99(11):40-44. 

 

Victims of  Violence: An Ethical Conflict Between Patient Rights and Institutional Policy

J Zarate-Rodriguez, J Yu, I Kodner, D Brown, L Punch. Bull Am Coll Surg 2018 Oct;102(10):29-33. 

 

When Doctors Disagree: A Case-based Discussion of Proactive Ethics  

C Drubin, C Frye, D Brown, P Kopar. J Clin Ethics 2021 Spr;32(1):61-68. 

 

When Operating Is Considered Futile: Difficult Decisions in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit 

 N Yamada, I Kodner, D Brown. Surgery 2009 July;146(1):122-25. 

 

When a Patient Refuses Treatment for a Postoperative Complication: The Ethics of Postoperative Care  

I Mazotas, M McKneally, A Wall, I Kodner, J Keune. Surgery 2013 Nov;154(5):1131-34. 

 

Withdrawal of Care in a Potentially Curable Patient

J Murphy, O Fayanju, D Brown, I Kodner. Surgery 2010 Mar;147(3):441-45.