Ethical Issues in Heart Failure: Overview of an Emerging Need

Modern therapies in cardiovascular medicine aim at preventing death and improving patients' quality of life. However, cardiologists often focus on what can be done rather than what should be done, and the latter consideration may be neglected in the midst of therapeutic optimism. The life-savin...

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Published in:Perspectives in biology and medicine 2006, Vol.49 (1), p.1-9
Main Authors: Kirkpatrick, James N, Kim, Antony Y
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Cardiology
Cardiology - ethics
Care and treatment
Chronic Disease
Death & dying
Disease Progression
Ethics, Medical
Heart disease
Heart failure
Heart Failure - therapy
Hospice care
Humans
Medical ethics
Palliative Care - ethics
Preventable deaths
Quality of Life
Terminal care
Terminal Care - ethics
United States
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Heart failure
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Quality of Life
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