Medicolegal issues arising when pacemaker and implantable cardioverter defibrillator devices are deactivated in terminally ill patients

Medicine, Science and the Law

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 40-44

  McGeary, Aine ^a   Eldergill, Anselm ^b  

^a GATESHEAD HEALTH NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b Tribunal Judge   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; ASSISTED SUICIDE; DEFIBRILLATOR; EUTHANASIA; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; LEGAL ASPECT; MENTAL CAPACITY; REVIEW; TERMINALLY ILL PATIENT; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL;

DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; EUTHANASIA; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; MENTAL COMPETENCY; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; SUICIDE, ASSISTED; TERMINALLY ILL; WITHHOLDING TREATMENT;

EID: 77951936438     PISSN: 00258024     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/msl.2009.009006     Document Type: Review

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