“That’s Like an Act of Suicide” Patients’ Attitudes Toward Deactivation of Implantable Defibrillators

OBJECTIVE: To understand potential patient barriers to discussions about implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) deactivation in patients with advanced illness. DESIGN: Qualitative focus groups. PARTICIPANTS: Fifteen community-dwelling, ambulatory patients with ICDs assigned to focus groups bas...

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Autores principales: Goldstein, Nathan E., Mehta, Davendra, Siddiqui, Saima, Teitelbaum, Ezra, Zeidman, Jessica, Singson, Magdelena, Pe, Elena, Bradley, Elizabeth H., Morrison, R. Sean
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer-Verlag 2007
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Original Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2150628/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18095037
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11606-007-0239-8

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2150628/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18095037
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11606-007-0239-8

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