Prologue -- Part I: Principles and foundations of Surgical Ethics -- History and Development of Medical Ethics in the West -- The History of Surgical Ethics -- Surgical Ethics - Theory and Practice Background -- Foundations and Principles of Surgical Ethics -- The Ethical Challenges of Surgical Leadership -- What is Surgical Professionalism? -- Ethics in Academic Surgery -- Ethical Issues of the Mentor- Mentee Relationship -- Surgical Ethics and The Surgical Societies: What are we doing? -- Ethical Issues in Surgical Research -- Surgical Ethics and Diversity -- Why and How to Teach Surgical Ethics? -- The Surgeon, the Patient, and the Health Care System: Access, Equity, and Fairness -- Ethics in Global Surgery -- The Anesthesiologist and the Surgeon: Two Professionals Sharing the Command of the Patient in the Operating Room -- Part II: Surgical Ethics in everyday surgical practice -- The Surgeon-Patient Relationship: Built Upon Trust -- The Transformation and Challenges of the Surgeon - Patient Relationship -- The Surgical Decision Making Process: Different Ethical Approaches -- The Surgical Informed Consent Process: Myth or Reality? -- Informed Consent and Disclosure of Surgeon Experience -- The Pediatric Patient as a Self-Individual and Decision Maker -- End of Life Issues -- Ethics and Surgical Innovation -- Ethics and Breast Cancer -- Ethical Issues in Pediatric Liver Transplantation -- Ethical Issues in Cardiothoracic Surgery -- Ethics of Surgical Intervention in Jehovah's Witness Patients -- Ethical Issues in Bariatric Surgery -- How To Solve Ethical Conflicts In Everyday Surgical Practice: A Tool Box -- Afterword.