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Electronic Heart Episode 3

Hard Call by HardCall

Aug 9, 201700:34:22Science & Medicine

Max wants to terminate his treatment and have his LVAD turned off, but stopping the LVAD means he would die almost immediately. His doctor is morally opposed to stopping the device, or even to finding another doctor to d...

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Electronic Heart Episode 3 is an episode from Hard Call by HardCall. Max wants to terminate his treatment and have his LVAD turned off, but stopping the LVAD means he would die almost immediately. His doctor is morally opposed to stopping t...

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Published Aug 9, 2017, 00:34:22 long, audio available.

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What is Electronic Heart Episode 3 about?

Max wants to terminate his treatment and have his LVAD turned off, but stopping the LVAD means he would die almost immediately. His doctor is morally opposed to stopping the device, or even to finding another doctor to do it, as he feels this would be tantamount to murder. Who decides?

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Electronic Heart Episode 3 is an episode from Hard Call by HardCall.

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This episode was published on Aug 9, 2017.

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Electronic Heart Episode 3 is from Hard Call by HardCall.

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Published Aug 9, 2017 and 00:34:22 long