title: Cardiac defibrillators, Kant, and the categorical imperative.
authors.forename: Antonio L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Ribeiro
authors.forename: Regina Horta
authors.initials: RH
authors.lastname: Duarte
mesh_terms: D016757:Death, Sudden, Cardiac / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D017147:Defibrillators, Implantable / Q000941:ethics*; D004992:Ethics, Medical; D006801:Humans; D010684:Philosophy; D018487:Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / Q000150:complications*