title: Ethics in electrophysiology: can you handle the truth?
abstract: A case is presented examining the need to disclose the truth in cases where there is a question of device and personnel performance. This case examines the responsibilities of physicians to their patients and the community at large to disclose factual accounts of events, even in the case of medical error and potential liability.
authors.affiliation: Heart Specialists of Central Jersey, Manalapan, New Jersey, USA. drbeauregard@gmail.com
authors.forename: Lou-Anne M
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Beauregard
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D017147:Defibrillators, Implantable; D004562:Electrocardiography; D022062:Electrophysiologic Techniques, Cardiac / Q000941:ethics*; D004632:Emergency Medical Services / Q000941:ethics*; D004992:Ethics, Medical; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011322:Primary Prevention; D011368:Professional-Family Relations / Q000941:ethics*; D017180:Tachycardia, Ventricular / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000517:prevention & control*