Ethical Issues in the Management of Geriatric Cardiac Patients Hannah I. Lipman, MD, Section Editor From the Department of Medicine, Divisions of Geriatrics and Cardiology, Montefiore Medical Center of the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY

Autor: Blair Holtey, Lofty L. Basta
Rok vydání: 2008
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Zdroj: The American Journal of Geriatric Cardiology. 17:48-49
ISSN: 1751-715X
1076-7460
DOI: 10.1111/j.1076-7460.2007.08147.x
Popis: Ethical Issue:Participating physicians failed to properly document that the patient had no reasonable expectation of recovery. This caused a delay in the initiation of discussion concerning end-of-life.
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