Ethical issues on defibrillator deactivation in end-of-life patients

J Cardiovasc Med (Hagerstown). 2011 Jul;12(7):498-500. doi: 10.2459/JCM.0b013e3283483724.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Analgesia / ethics
  • Defibrillators, Implantable / adverse effects
  • Defibrillators, Implantable / ethics*
  • Electric Countershock / adverse effects
  • Electric Countershock / ethics*
  • Electric Countershock / instrumentation
  • Euthanasia, Active, Voluntary / ethics
  • Heart Diseases / therapy*
  • Humans
  • Italy
  • Medical Futility / ethics*
  • Personal Autonomy
  • Quality of Life
  • Right to Die / ethics*
  • Stress, Psychological
  • Suicide, Assisted / ethics
  • Terminal Care / ethics*
  • Treatment Refusal / ethics*