[Conflicts from the viewpoint of the surgeon]

Media-related subjects of conflict include (1) the media's limited but major focus on information, sensation and entertainment; (2) information first published before research done; (3) journalistic eagerness to hide nothing and say everything; (4) permanent onesided praise of surgery creating high utopian expectations; (5) false, at least, exaggerated promises of more than medicine can justify; (6) extreme critics making personal accusations already upon suspicion of surgical errors; (7) stepmotherly treatment of surgical routine, its accomplishments and pressures.