Mount Sinai: Improving Doctor-Patient Communication at End of Life - Multi-Center Study Suggests It Can Be Done
September 23, 2019
September 23, 2019
NEW YORK, Sept. 23 -- The Ichan School of Medicine at Mount Sinai issued the following news release:
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- Evidence to date suggests conversations about turning off the shocking function in an implantable defibrillator rarely happen
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It's one of the most difficult conversations a doctor will have with a patient: whether and when to turn off the life-saving device that has kept their heart beating. To find out whether an intervention coul . . .
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- Evidence to date suggests conversations about turning off the shocking function in an implantable defibrillator rarely happen
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It's one of the most difficult conversations a doctor will have with a patient: whether and when to turn off the life-saving device that has kept their heart beating. To find out whether an intervention coul . . .