Ethical Boundaries in Responding to Patient Preferences Regarding Operating Room Personnel

D. John Doyle MD PhD DPhilProfessor Emeritus, Case Western Reserve UniversityPersonal WebPage: danieljohndoyle.comPersonal eMail: djdoyle@hotmail.comORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2861-2992Running Title: Ethics of Patient PreferencesAI Disclosure: AI was used for brainstorming, grammar correction, artwork generation, text critiquing, text generation, and (especially) for conducting literature searches. Regardless, the author bears full responsibility for the quality of all material formally posted (as opposed to preliminary, unedited material that merely resides in a private digital sandbox).Planned Distribution: This is an essay intended for eventual posting on Authorea or similar academic publishing platform.Key Words: Autonomy, Beneficence, Nonmaleficence, Professional Integrity