===== ❌ Irresponsible =====

**Irresponsible** (adj.):  
Describes actions, publications, or decisions in medicine that **ignore foreseeable consequences**, **lack accountability**, or **fail to prioritize patient safety and clinical evidence**.

==== 🧠 In Neurosurgical Context ====
A surgical technique, article, or recommendation is **irresponsible** when it:
  * Promotes innovation **without outcome data**
  * Extrapolates high-risk practices to **inappropriate settings**
  * Omits discussion of **complications, alternatives, or patient selection**
  * Elevates **technology over judgment**
  * Fails to report **long-term consequences**

> **“Publishing a glowing review of minimally invasive brain metastasis surgery without addressing survival, recurrence, or quality of life is academically irresponsible.”**

==== 🔍 Related Concepts ====
  * Academic negligence  
  * Clinical overreach  
  * Evidence-free enthusiasm  
  * Therapeutic recklessness

**Antonyms:** evidence-based, cautious, ethical, responsible.