Pacing extremely old patients: Who decides - The doctor, the patient, or the relatives?

Heart

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 134-135

  Sayers, G M ^a   Bethell, H W L ^a  

^a NORTHWICK PARK HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COLLAPSE; COMPETENCE; DEATH; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FALLING; FEMALE; HEART BLOCK; HEART DISEASE; HEART FAILURE; HEART PACING; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; MENTAL TEST; PATIENT; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RELATIVE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SENESCENCE; SYNCOPE; TREATMENT INDICATION; VALIDATION PROCESS;

PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; DECISION MAKING; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HEART BLOCK; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; MENTAL COMPETENCY; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS; THIRD-PARTY CONSENT;

EID: 0742325107     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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