Hospices Not Deactivating Defibrillators In Patients — Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators Cause Unnecessary Suffering In End-of-Life Patients

Researchers from Mount Sinai School of Medicine have found that patients admitted to hospice care who have an implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) are rarely having their ICDs deactivated and are receiving electrical shocks from these devices near the end of life…

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Filed under: Caregivers on March 3rd, 2010