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Ironic Technology: Old Age and the implantable cardioverter defibrillator in US health care

We take the example of cardiac devices, specifically the implantable cardioverter defibrillator, or ICD, to explore the complex cultural role of technology in medicine today. We focus on persons age 80 and above, for whom ICD use is growing in the U.S. We highlight an ironic feature of this device....

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Main Authors: Kaufman, Sharon R., Mueller, Paul S., Ottenberg, Abigale L., Koenig, Barbara A.
格式: Artigo
語言:Inglês
出版: 2010
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在線閱讀:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3032945/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21126815
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2010.09.052
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