Publications

To reimagine the surgeon archetype, we need an arche-system: In response to Bakke et al’s “Surgical archetype” Piroska Kopar, MD, FACS Department of Surgery, Center for Humanism and Ethics in Surgical Specialties (CHESS), Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, MO Kelly Vallar, MD, FACS Department of Surgery, Center for Humanism and Ethics in Surgical […]

When Doctors Disagree: A Case-Based Discussion of Proactive Ethics Douglas Brown, PhD Department of Surgery, Center for Humanism and Ethics in Surgical Specialties (CHESS), Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, MO Piroska Kopar, MD, FACS Department of Surgery, Center for Humanism and Ethics in Surgical Specialties (CHESS), Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, […]

Critical Ethics: How to Balance Patient Autonomy with Fairness When Patients Refuse COVID-19 Testing Piroska Kopar, MD, FACS Department of Surgery, Center for Humanism and Ethics in Surgical Specialties (CHESS), Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, MO Jessica Kramer, MD Department of Surgery, Center for Humanism and Ethics in Surgical Specialties (CHESS), Washington University […]

Oral and maxillofacial surgeons’ assessment of the role of Pernkopf’s anatomy atlas in surgical practice Andrew Yee Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO Jessica Li Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Touro College of Dental Medicine, New York Medical College, Hawthorne, NY Joshua Lilly Oral and […]

Ethics of Codes and Codes of Ethics: When Is It Ethical to Provide Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation During the COVID-19 Pandemic? Piroska Kopar, MD, FACS Department of Surgery, Center for Humanism and Ethics in Surgical Specialties (CHESS), Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, MO Douglas Brown, PhD Department of Surgery, Center for Humanism and Ethics in […]

The Triage Stalemate During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Losing Fairness to Ethical Paralysis Piroska Kopar, MD, FACS Department of Surgery, Center for Humanism and Ethics in Surgical Specialties (CHESS), Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, MO Douglas Brown, PhD Department of Surgery, Center for Humanism and Ethics in Surgical Specialties (CHESS), Washington University School of […]

Ethics in the Time of the Coronavirus: Engaging the Conversation: In Reply to Hai and Colleagues Piroska Kopar, MD, FACS Department of Surgery, Center for Humanism and Ethics in Surgical Specialties (CHESS), Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, MO Jessica Kramer, MD Department of Surgery, Center for Humanism and Ethics in Surgical Specialties (CHESS), […]

The Surgeon as Double Agent: Surgeons’ Perceptions on Conflicting Expectations of Patient Care and Stewardship of Resources Piroska Kopar, MD, FACS Department of Surgery, Center for Humanism and Ethics in Surgical Specialties (CHESS), Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, MO Felix Lui, MD, FACS Department of Surgery, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT […]

Ethics in the Time of the Coronavirus: Recommendations in the COVID-19 Pandemic Piroska Kopar, MD, FACS Department of Surgery, Center for Humanism and Ethics in Surgical Specialties (CHESS), Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, MO Jessica Kramer, MD Department of Surgery, Center for Humanism and Ethics in Surgical Specialties (CHESS), Washington University School of […]

Do Not Resuscitate Piroska Kopar, MD, FACS Department of Surgery, Center for Humanism and Ethics in Surgical Specialties (CHESS), Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, MO Douglas Brown, PhD Department of Surgery, Center for Humanism and Ethics in Surgical Specialties (CHESS), Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, MO The Score Portal, March 2020