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Growing scrutiny of a quality standard that may influence end-of-life decisions for heart surgery patients ​

Por: The Boston Globe Nation October 23, 2022

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Nursing supervisor Cynthia Tener started hearing the disturbing complaints about a highly regarded heart surgeon at her Iowa hospital just months into her new job.In early 2021, a physician confided in Tener that Dr. Giovanni Ciuffo was keeping patients with little or no chance of recovery alive “via mechanical means such as ventilators, heart pumps, and feeding tubes,” all in an effort to avoid being blamed for their deaths, according to... + full article



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