Is pacemaker deactivation at the end of life unique?: A case study and ethical analysis

Journal of Palliative Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1184-1188

  Whitlock, Sandra N ^a   Goldberg, Ilan P ^b   Singh, Jagmeet P ^c  

^a Four Seasons   (United States)

^b Private Practice   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CASE REPORT; COMPLETE HEART BLOCK; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DEFIBRILLATOR; DEVICE REMOVAL; DISEASE EXACERBATION; ETHICAL DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; LIFE SUSTAINING TREATMENT; MORTALITY; PACEMAKER; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; TERMINAL CARE; TERMINAL DISEASE;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; ETHICS, MEDICAL; EUTHANASIA, PASSIVE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; TERMINAL CARE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 80054732041     PISSN: 10966218     EISSN: 15577740     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jpm.2011.0084     Document Type: Article

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