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Yael Peled1,2, Eilon Ram1,2, Yehuda Shoenfeld3,4,2
1Leviev Cardiothoracic and Vascular Center, Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, Israel.
Background:
The innovation that has taken place in medicine, combined with state-of-the-art technological developments, provides therapeutic options for patients in conditions that were previously considered incurable. This promotion at the same time presents us with new ethical challenges. In this article, we review the journey through life of an advanced heart failure patient, covering a variety of potential clinical and ethics subjects in the field of heart failure treatment. We review the ethical principles of the Hippocratic Oath against the background of the realities of practicing medicine and of the enormous advances in therapeutics.
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