Getting the Bad News about Your Artificial Heart Valve

Hastings Center Report 23 (2):22-28 (1993)
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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.

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