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Clinical ethics
Views of patients with heart failure about their role in the decision to start implantable cardioverter–defibrillator treatment: prescription rather than participation
- Correspondence to: Dr A S Ågård Department of Medicine, Sahlgrenska University Hospital/Sahlgrenska Hospital, Göteborg 41345, Sweden; anders.s.agard{at}vgregion.se
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Views of patients with heart failure about their role in the decision to start implantable cardioverter–defibrillator treatment: prescription rather than participation
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- Received June 5, 2006
- Accepted September 1, 2006
- First published August 30, 2007.
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August 30, 2007
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