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01-04-2009 | Editorial

The ethical challenge of surgical innovation

Authors: Paulo Palma, Tomas Rosenbaum

Published in: International Urogynecology Journal | Issue 4/2009

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A philosophical view regarding technical progress in surgery states that “there is no control on surgical innovation outside of the realm of the surgeon's own ethical and moral compass” [1]. …

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Title: The ethical challenge of surgical innovation
Authors: Paulo Palma
Tomas Rosenbaum
Publication date: 01-04-2009
Publisher: Springer-Verlag
Published in: International Urogynecology Journal / Issue 4/2009
Print ISSN: 0937-3462
Electronic ISSN: 1433-3023
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00192-009-0819-8

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