Study Suggests Doctors Overlook Effects Of Implanted Heart Defibrillators In Dying Patients
March 17th, 2010
The Associated Press reports that heart defibrillators implanted in a patient’s chest may disrupt a quiet death, but doctors and relatives of people dying of non-heart related diseases often don’t consider that issue. “It’s not unusual for health professionals to avoid the topic, says Dr. Nathan Goldstein of New York’s Mount Sinai Medical Center…
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