Case and Commentary
Feb 2007
Katrina A. Bramstedt, PhD
Medical technology presents a new ethical question in the case of a patient with a left ventricular assist device who, when informed that he has pneumonia and is ineligible for a heart transplant, asks that the LVAD be turned off.
Virtual Mentor. 2007; 9(2):96-98. doi:
10.1001/virtualmentor.2007.9.2.ccas2-0702.