Implantable cardioverter-defibrillators and hospice care

IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Magazine

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 82-84

  Kirk, Timothy W ^a  

^a VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CONFIDENTIALITY; DEFIBRILLATOR; ELECTRIC SHOCK; EQUIPMENT; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEART FUNCTION; HEART RHYTHM; HOSPICE CARE; HUMAN; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICARE; SHORT SURVEY; TERMINAL DISEASE; UNITED STATES; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; ETHICS; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; TERMINAL CARE;

AGED; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; HOSPICE CARE; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUALITY OF LIFE; TERMINAL CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34548161203     PISSN: 07395175     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MEMB.2007.384103     Document Type: Short Survey

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