Deactivation of implanted cardioverter-defibrillators at the end of life: Results of the EHRA survey

Europace

Volumn 12, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1176-1177

  Marinskis, Germanas ^a   Van Erven, Lieselot ^b  

^a VILNIUS UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

End of life decision; Implantable cardioverter defibrillators; Palliative care

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; DEATH; DEFIBRILLATOR; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; MEDICAL PRACTICE; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; SIMULATION; TERMINALLY ILL PATIENT;

DEATH; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; PALLIATIVE CARE; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; TERMINAL CARE; WITHHOLDING TREATMENT;

EID: 77955208729     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: 15322092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/europace/euq272     Document Type: Short Survey

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