A Select Bibliography
Ballentine, Jennifer M. "Pacemaker and Defibrillator Deactivation in Competent Hospice Patients: An Ethical Consideration." American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine 22, no. 1 (January/February 2005): 14-19.
Beca, Juan Pablo, Eduardo Rosselot, Rene Asenjo, Veronica Anguita and Rafael Quevedo. "Deactivating Cardiac Pacemakers and Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators in Terminally Ill Patients. Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics 18, no. 3 (Summer 2009): 236-240.
Berger, Jeffrey T. "The Ethics of Deactivating Implanted Cardioverter Defibrillators." Annals of Internal Medicine 142, no. 8 (April 19, 2005): 631-634.
England, Ruth, Time England and John Coggon. "The Ethical and Legal Implications of Deactivating an Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator in a Patient with Terminal Cancer." Journal of Medical Ethics 33, no. 9 (September 2007): 538-540.
Goldstein, Nathan E., Davendra Mehta, Saima Siddiqui, Ezra Teitelbaum, Jessica Zeidman, Magdelena Singson, Elena Pe, Elizabeth Bradley and R. Sean Morrison. "'That's Like an Act of Suicide' Patients' Attitudes Toward Deactivation of Implantable Defibrillators." Journal of General Internal Medicine 23, suppl. 1 (January 2008): 7-12.
Goldstein, Nathan E., Rachel Lampert, Elizabeth Bradley, Joanne Lynn and Harlan M. Krimholz. "Management of Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators in End-of-Life Care." Annals of Internal Medicine 141, no. 11 (December 2004): 835-838.
Harrington, MD, DL Luebke, WR Lewis, MP Aulisio and NJ Johnson. "Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator (ICD) at End of Life #112." Journal of Palliative Medicine 8, no. 5 (2005): 1056-1057.
Kelley, Amy S., Sonal S. Mehta and M. Carrington Reid. "Management of Patients with ICDs at the End of Life (EOL): A Qualitative Study." American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine 25, no. 6 (January 2009): 440-446.
Kelley, Amy S., M. Carrington Reid, David H. Miller, Joseph J. Fins and Mark S. Lachs. "Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator Deactivation at the End of Life: A Physician Survey." American Heart Journal 157, no. 4 (April 2009): 702-708.
McGeary, Aine and Anselm Eldergill. "Medicolegal Issues Arising when Pacemaker and Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator Devices are Deactivated in Terminally Ill Patients." Medicine, Science and Law 50, 1 (January 2010): 40-44.
Mueller, Paul S., C. Christopher Hook and David L. Hayes. "Ethical Analysis of Withdrawal of Pacemaker Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator Support at the End of Life." Mayo Clinic Proceedings 78, no. 8 (August 2003): 959-963.
Nambisan, Vinod and David Chao. "Dying and Defibrillation: A Shocking Experience." Palliative Medicine 18, no. 5 (July 2004): 482-483.
Ross, Heather M., James M. Beattie, Michael J. Connolly, John E. Ellershaw; et al. "Deactivating Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators In Response." Annals of Internal Medicine 143, no. 9 (November 1, 2005): 690-691.
Slosar, John Paul. "Discontinuing Implantable Cardiac Devices and the ERDs." Health Care Ethics USA 13, no. 2 (2005): E2.
Sulmasy, Daniel P. "Within You / Without You: Biotechnology, Ontology, and Ethics." Journal of General Internal Medicine 23, suppl. 1 (January 2008): 69-72.
"Summaries for Patients: Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators and End-of-Life Care." Annals of Internal Medicine 141, no. 11 (December 7, 2004): 138.
Wu, Eugene B. "The Ethics of Implantable Devices." Journal of Medical Ethics 33, no.9 (September 2007): 532-533.
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