"I felt like the angel of death": Role conflicts and moral distress among allied professionals employed by the US cardiovascular implantable electronic device industry

Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 253-261

  Mueller, Paul S ^a   Ottenberg, Abigale L ^a   Hayes, David L ^a   Koenig, Barbara A ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Device deactivation; Device industry; Ethics; Industry employed allied professional

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMBIGUITY; BIOETHICS; CARDIOVASCULAR EQUIPMENT; CARDIOVASCULAR IMPLANTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONFLICT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INDUSTRY EMPLOYED ALLIED PROFESSIONAL; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; MALE; MORAL DISTRESS; MORALITY; NORMAL HUMAN; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

ALLIED HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; INFORMED CONSENT; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; UNITED STATES; WITHHOLDING TREATMENT;

EID: 84855591385     PISSN: 1383875X     EISSN: 15728595     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10840-011-9607-8     Document Type: Conference Paper

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