Barriers to conversations about deactivation of implantable defibrillators in seriously ill patients: results of a nationwide survey comparing cardiology specialists to primary care physicians.

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Published in J Am Coll Cardiol on July 21, 2009

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Nathan Goldstein, Elizabeth Bradley, Jessica Zeidman, Davendra Mehta, R Sean Morrison

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