TITLE

Hope in our hearts

AUTHOR(S)

HLN

PUB. DATE

January 1994

SOURCE

Hastings Center Report;Jan/Feb94, Vol. 24 Issue 1, p2

SOURCE TYPE

Academic Journal

DOC. TYPE

Article

ABSTRACT

Reports on the grant for the development of three total implantable artificial hearts by the National Institutes of Health through its National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI). Amount of grants; Phases of project; Estimate of cost of artificial heart per patient; Task force to review the moral, social and economic consequences of heart replacement; Concerns on cost effectiveness.

ACCESSION #

9406301273

Tags: HEART, Artificial -- Government policy

 

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