The ethics of pacemaker reuse: Might the best be the enemy of the good?

Heart

Volumn 97, Issue 24, 2011, Pages 2005-2006

  Aragam, Krishna G ^a   Baman, Timir S ^b   Kirkpatrick, James N ^a   Goldman, Edward B ^b   Brown, Archie C ^c   Crawford, Thomas ^b   Oral, Hakan ^b   Eagle, Kim A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; DEVICE SAFETY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MEDICAL ETHICS; MORALITY; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SHORT SURVEY; SOCIAL JUSTICE; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 82255162626     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: 1468201X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/heartjnl-2011-301031     Document Type: Short Survey

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