Cardiac pacemakers and implantable defibrillators in terminal care

Journal of Pain and Symptom Management

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 126-131

  Braun, Ted C ^a   Hagen, Neil A ^a   Hatfield, Robert E ^a,b   Wyse, D George ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arrhythmia; Cardiac pacemakers; Ethical issues; Heart disease; Implantable defibrillator; Terminal care

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE;

AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; CASE REPORT; DEFIBRILLATOR; ETHICS; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; LUNG TOXICITY; MALE; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; TERMINAL CARE; TERMINALLY ILL PATIENT;

AGED; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; ETHICS, MEDICAL; HUMANS; MALE; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 0032869344     PISSN: 08853924     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0885-3924(99)00038-X     Document Type: Article

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