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A comprehensive survey on the use of bedside skills and perimetric
devices to the test visual fields, and how to interpret the
results. To develop the clinician's interpretative skills, the
authors include a chapter on visual anatomy and an atlas of 100
real-life cases arranged in anatomic order from retina to striate
cortex. By placing a brief clinical vignette with a visual field on
one side of the page and a description of the field and its causal
lesion on the opposite side, the reader will be able to learn
interpretation in a simulated clinical setting. An additional quiz
section of twenty randomly arranged visual fields provides readers
with an opportunity to test their newly acquired skills.
A Certain Kind of Wisdom In Plato's Apology, the Greek philosopher
Socrates is on trial to defend himself against the allegation of
corrupting the youth of Athens. Socrates denies this charge and
offers an alternate reason for why he is on trial. He explains, "
w]hat has caused my reputation is none other than a certain kind of
wisdom. What kind of wisdom? Human wisdom, perhaps(1). " He
proceeds to tell the story of his friend Chaerophon, who once asked
the Oracle at Delphi whether there was anyone wiser than Socrates.
The Oracle answered that there was not. Socrates did not agree and
thought that he would try to prove the Oracle wrong. And so he set
about seeking out Athenians with a reputation for wisdom in various
regards in order to test their claims to knowledge through
questioning. He discovered many with false claims to knowledge and
none with genuine wisdom and ultimately concluded that he was the
wisest. He reached this conclusion not because of any special
knowledge he possessed that others did not, but rather because he
recognized his own lack of knowledge and strived to learn more,
while others thought that they were kno- edgeable but were not.
Socrates' conclusion that there is wisdom in recognizing the
limitations of accepted knowledge represents the motivation for
this book.
A Certain Kind of Wisdom In Plato's Apology, the Greek philosopher
Socrates is on trial to defend himself against the allegation of
corrupting the youth of Athens. Socrates denies this charge and
offers an alternate reason for why he is on trial. He explains, "
w]hat has caused my reputation is none other than a certain kind of
wisdom. What kind of wisdom? Human wisdom, perhaps(1). " He
proceeds to tell the story of his friend Chaerophon, who once asked
the Oracle at Delphi whether there was anyone wiser than Socrates.
The Oracle answered that there was not. Socrates did not agree and
thought that he would try to prove the Oracle wrong. And so he set
about seeking out Athenians with a reputation for wisdom in various
regards in order to test their claims to knowledge through
questioning. He discovered many with false claims to knowledge and
none with genuine wisdom and ultimately concluded that he was the
wisest. He reached this conclusion not because of any special
knowledge he possessed that others did not, but rather because he
recognized his own lack of knowledge and strived to learn more,
while others thought that they were kno- edgeable but were not.
Socrates' conclusion that there is wisdom in recognizing the
limitations of accepted knowledge represents the motivation for
this book.
Surgery inevitably inflicts some harm on the body. At the very
least, it damages the tissue that is cut. These harms often are
clearly outweighed by the overall benefits to the patient. However,
where the benefits do not outweigh the harms or where they do not
clearly do so, surgical interventions become morally contested.
Cutting to the Core examines a number of such surgeries, including
infant male circumcision and cutting the genitals of female
children, the separation of conjoined twins, surgical sex
assignment of intersex children and the surgical re-assignment of
transsexuals, limb and face transplantation, cosmetic surgery, and
placebo surgery. When, if ever, do the benefits of these surgeries
outweigh their costs? May a surgeon perform dangerous procedures
that are not clearly to the patient's benefit, even if the patient
consents to them? May a surgeon perform any surgery on a minor
patient if there are no clear benefits to that child? These and
other related questions are the core themes of this collection of
essays.
Surgery inevitably inflicts some harm on the body. At the very
least, it damages the tissue that is cut. These harms often are
clearly outweighed by the overall benefits to the patient. However,
where the benefits do not outweigh the harms or where they do not
clearly do so, surgical interventions become morally contested.
Cutting to the Core examines a number of such surgeries, including
infant male circumcision and cutting the genitals of female
children, the separation of conjoined twins, surgical sex
assignment of intersex children and the surgical re-assignment of
transsexuals, limb and face transplantation, cosmetic surgery, and
placebo surgery. When, if ever, do the benefits of these surgeries
outweigh their costs? May a surgeon perform dangerous procedures
that are not clearly to the patient's benefit, even if the patient
consents to them? May a surgeon perform any surgery on a minor
patient if there are no clear benefits to that child? These and
other related questions are the core themes of this collection of
essays.
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