TY - JOUR PY - 1997// TI - Driving with an internal defibrillator: legal, ethical, and quality-of-life issues JO - Journal of cardiovascular nursing A1 - Finch, N. J. A1 - Sneed, N. V. A1 - Leman, R. B. A1 - Watson, Jill SP - 58 EP - 67 VL - 11 IS - 2 N2 - Patients with internal cardioverter-defibrillators experience many issues after implantation. One issue is operating a motor vehicle. This issue has many ethical, legal and quality-of-life concerns that must be addressed by the patient, health care providers, and society. The legal and ethical issues surrounding patients with internal cardioverter-defibrillators will be explored using an ethically based theoretical framework.
Language: en
LA - en SN - 0889-4655 UR - http://dx.doi.org/ ID - ref1 ER -