Violence, Trauma, and Trauma Surgery Ethical Issues, Interventions,
This unique and innovative title offers a comprehensive exploration of the intersection of ethics, violence, trauma, and trauma surgery. Underscoring that the causes of violence include a wide range of socioeconomic factors, including poverty and the lack
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Violence, Trauma, and Trauma Surgery
Mark Siegler • Selwyn O. Rogers, Jr. Editors
Violence, Trauma, and Trauma Surgery Ethical Issues, Interventions, and Innovations
Editors Mark Siegler, MD, MACP University of Chicago Chicago, IL USA
Selwyn O. Rogers, Jr., MD, MPH University of Chicago Chicago, IL USA
ISBN 978-3-030-31245-9 ISBN 978-3-030-31246-6 (eBook) https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-31246-6 © Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, expressed or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. The publisher remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. This Springer imprint is published by the registered company Springer Nature Switzerland AG The registered company address is: Gewerbestrasse 11, 6330 Cham, Switzerland
Preface
On the South Side of Chicago, the absence of adult trauma services had been a highly controversial issue for decades. After The University of Chicago and the Michael Reese Hospital closed their adult trauma centers in the early 1990s, for the next 27 years there was no adult level 1 trauma center on the South Side, an area with a population of approximately 600,000. Over time, community activists advocated strongly for an adult trauma center, and after years of planning, The University of Chicago Medicine launched its new trauma center on the South Side in May 2018. In anticipation of the opening of the trauma center, in 2017 we (Drs. Rogers and Siegler) organized a lecture series on ethics, violence, trauma, and trauma surgery. This book brings together papers based on the lectures from this year- long series. In 1948, the World Health Organization (WHO) defined health as a “complete state of physical, mental, and social well-being, and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity” (World Health Organization, 1948). Such an all-encompassing definition of health means that none of us is truly healthy; however, all of us aspire to achieve health in the face of the challenges of balanci
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