Pacemakers and end-of-life decisions

JAMA

Volumn 305, Issue 18, 2011, Pages 1858-1859

  Lampert, Rachel ^a   Hayes, David ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEMENTIA; DEVICE REMOVAL; FAMILY DECISION MAKING; HEART BLOCK; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; LEGAL ASPECT; LETTER; LIFE SUSTAINING TREATMENT; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL ETHICS; PACEMAKER; PATIENT RIGHT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TERMINALLY ILL PATIENT; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; CUSTODY; DECISION MAKING; ETHICS; NOTE; PHYSICIAN; TERMINAL CARE; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL;

DECISION MAKING; DEMENTIA; HEART BLOCK; HUMANS; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; PATIENT RIGHTS; PHYSICIANS; PROXY; TERMINAL CARE; WITHHOLDING TREATMENT;

EID: 79955809500     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2011.581     Document Type: Letter

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