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As End of Life Nears, What to Do With Implanted Defibrillators?
By Ed Edelson
HealthDay Reporter
Copyright © 2010 HealthDay. All rights reserved.

FRIDAY, May 14 (HealthDay News) -- Until now no guidelines existed for one of the more difficult questions in medicine -- what to do with a heart-assisting device, such as an implanted defibrillator, in a patient's final days of life?

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