title: Implantable cardioverter defibrillator deactivation: a precautionary approach to therapeutic equipoise?
authors.affiliation: aHeart of England NHS Foundation Trust, Heartlands Hospital, Birmingham bCentre for Ethics in Medicine, School of Social and Community Medicine, University of Bristol, UK.
authors.forename: James M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Beattie
authors.forename: Richard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Huxtable
mesh_terms: D017147:Defibrillators, Implantable / Q000941:ethics*; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000401:mortality / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D018570:Risk Assessment; D057212:Therapeutic Equipoise; D035501:Uncertainty