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Ann Thorac Surg 2004;77:1145-1148
© 2004 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

Ethics in cardiothoracic surgery

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Jamie Dickey, PhD, Ross M. Ungerleider, MD

Presented at the Forty-ninth Annual Meeting of the Southern Thoracic Surgical Association, Miami Beach, FL, Nov 7–9, 2002.

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Steve White was on vacation with his wife. They had left the cold, windblown climate of their upper Midwest town very early that morning. Steve always told his wife that thoracic surgeons do not mind getting up early. She always preferred to keep the blinds drawn so as not to awaken from the first light of dawn. However, when they traveled together he invariably booked them on the first flight out of town, thus requiring them both to wake up shortly after she, a night person, would ordinarily be going to bed. Steve had begun his practice 18 months ago after 9 grueling years of training. He and Meg met, courted, married, and had 2 children during his residency. Although Meg quit her job after their son was born, she remained occupied with raising the family, but Steve continued to spend time at the hospital. If they could just make it through Steve's residency, his nights on call, and the constant pressures to do things right for his attendings, then life would get better. They would find a job in a town where they could raise their children and have a more normal family lifestyle.

This was more than a year ago and as far as Meg could tell, there had not been much of a change. Steve now toiled for his partners, in order to uphold his share of the responsibility. He kept reminding his wife that life would improve once he was more established with his partners and they knew he was not a slacker. He always seemed to say "yes" to work, which according to her perspective meant he was saying "no" to her and the children. Just getting Steve to agree to this vacation was huge. He was, of course, delayed at the hospital the night . . . [Full Text of this Article]






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