Deactivating an internal defibrillator at the end of life

Speaker:
Ask speaker
Date:
May 29 2025
Length:
27min 42s
Downloads:
0
Views:
505
Comments:
0

Description

May one deactivate an internal defibrillator (Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator - ICD)? Is it withholding or withdrawing? has it become part of the body? And the relevance of this question for surrogacy, organ donation and end of life care more generally.

    More from this:
    Comments
    0 comments     Leave a Comment
    Title:
    Comment:
    Anonymous: 

    Learning on the Marcos and Adina Katz YUTorah site is sponsored today in memory of PRZ, Reb Zeilig z"l and Bobby Lola z"l, & Zeidy Benci z”l and Bubby Perla z"l, Yosef Malachi Geudalia HY"D, Ben Zussman HY"D, and Oma Els z"l and by Adele Brody in memory of her father, Aaron Nussbacher and by Vivian & Mauricio Gluck l'ilui nishmas Gittel Tova bas Abraham Chaim HaLevy and by the Spira family l'ilui nishmat Chanoch ben Moshe Chaim, Dr. Thomas Spira and in loving memory of Dr. Felix Glaubach, אפרים פישל בן ברוך, to mark his first yahrtzeit, by Miriam, his children, grandchildren & great grandchildren