Maximal care considerations when treating patients with end-stage heart failure: Ethical and procedural quandaries in management of the very sick

Journal of Religion and Health

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 872-879

  Schwarz, Ernst R ^a   Philip, Kiran J ^a   Simsir, Sinan A ^a   Czer, Lawrence ^a   Trento, Alfredo ^a   Finder, Stuart G ^a   Cleenewerck, Laurent A ^a  

^a CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Health ethics; Heart failure; Heart transplantation; Ventricular assist devices

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; ETHICS; HEART ASSIST DEVICE; HEART FAILURE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT SELECTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESUSCITATION;

CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; HEART FAILURE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEART-ASSIST DEVICES; HUMANS; PATIENT SELECTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; SICK ROLE;

EID: 79957685171     PISSN: 00224197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10943-010-9326-y     Document Type: Article

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