Discontinuing an implantable cardioverter defibrillator as a life-sustaining treatment.
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Department of Medicine, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, New York.
Barold
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Sussman
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D000368:Aged; D001293:Attitude to Death; D017147:Defibrillators, Implantable; D004992:Ethics, Medical; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010344:Patient Advocacy; D026684:Personal Autonomy; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D012297:Right to Die; D013315:Stress, Psychological; D016312:Treatment Refusal; D028761:Withholding Treatment