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Getting the Bad News about Your Artificial Heart Valve
Author(s) -
Fielder John H.
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
hastings center report
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.515
H-Index - 63
eISSN - 1552-146X
pISSN - 0093-0334
DOI - 10.2307/3562816
Subject(s) - artificial heart , artificial intelligence , computer science , medicine , cardiology
When the manufacturer of a medical device alone bears the responsibility for alerting recipients that the device may be defective, there is a certain temptation to gloss over the risk. The story of the Bjork‐Shiley Convexo‐Concave heart valve is a case in point.