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Late-Life Cardiac Interventions and the Treatment Imperative

The treatment imperative, say the authors, refers to the almost inexorable momentum towards intervention that is experienced by physicians, patients, and family members alike.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Shim, Janet K, Russ, Ann J, Kaufman, Sharon R
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2008
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2270285/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18318595
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.0050007
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spelling pubmed-22702852008-03-20 Late-Life Cardiac Interventions and the Treatment Imperative Shim, Janet K Russ, Ann J Kaufman, Sharon R PLoS Med Essay The treatment imperative, say the authors, refers to the almost inexorable momentum towards intervention that is experienced by physicians, patients, and family members alike. Public Library of Science 2008-03 2008-03-04 /pmc/articles/PMC2270285/ /pubmed/18318595 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.0050007 Text en © 2008 Shim et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are properly credited.
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