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The ethics of ICDs: History and future directions

Martin L. Smith, STD and Eric Kodish, MD
Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine February 2016, 83 (2) 99-100; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.83a.15122
Martin L. Smith
Associate Director, Center for Ethics, Humanities, and Spiritual Care, and Director of Clinical Ethics, Department of Bioethics, Cleveland Clinic
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Director, Center for Ethics, Humanities, and Spiritual Care, and Professor of Pediatrics, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH
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vol. 83 no. 2 99-100
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.83a.15122
PubMed 
26871384

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Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
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0891-1150
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1939-2869
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  • Published online February 1, 2016.

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  1. Martin L. Smith, STD⇑
  1. Associate Director, Center for Ethics, Humanities, and Spiritual Care, and Director of Clinical Ethics, Department of Bioethics, Cleveland Clinic
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    Martin L. Smith, STD, Center for Ethics, Humanities, and Spiritual Care, JJ60, Cleveland Clinic, 9500 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44195; e-mail: SMITHM24{at}ccf.org
  1. Eric Kodish, MD*
  1. Director, Center for Ethics, Humanities, and Spiritual Care, and Professor of Pediatrics, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH
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