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Deactivating an implantable cardioverter defibrillator can be ethically distinguished from killing and considered a part of good palliative care, as it is a regulative rather than replacement therapy.
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May guide ethical ICD deactivation in palliative care; leaves open empirical studies on implementation and outcomes.
Ethically, ICD deactivation is considered forgoing extraordinary care rather than killing, as ICDs do not constitute a complete physiological 'replacement' like a heart transplant.
Daniel P. Sulmasy (2007) conducted an editorial in Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators (ICDs) deactivation. Deactivation of Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators was evaluated. Deactivating an implantable cardioverter defibrillator can be ethically distinguished from killing and considered a part of good palliative care, as it is a regulative rather than replacement therapy.
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