Patient vulnerability in stereotactic arrhythmia radioablation (STAR): a preliminary ethical appraisal from the STOPSTORM.eu consortium

• Published in: Strahlentherapie und Onkologie Vol. 200; no. 10; pp. 903 - 907
• Main Authors: Botrugno, Carlo, Crico, Chiara, Iori, Mauro, Blanck, Oliver, Blamek, Slawomir, Postema, Pieter G., Quesada, Aurelio, Pruvot, Etienne, Verhoeff, Joost J. C., De Panfilis, Ludovica
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin/Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 01.10.2024; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Arrhythmia; Arrhythmias, Cardiac; Consortia; Critical point; Ethical standards; Ethics, Medical; Europe; Humans; Medical ethics; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Oncology; Quality of Life; Radiation therapy; Radiosurgery - ethics; Radiotherapy; Short Communication; Stellar evolution; Vulnerable Populations; Europe; Bioethics; Ventricular tachycardia; Cardiovascular disease; Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy; Ethics in research

This preliminary ethical appraisal from the STOPSTORM.eu consortium is meant to raise critical points that clinicians administering stereotactic arrhythmia radioablation should consider to meet the highest standards in medical ethics and thus promote quality of life of patients recruited for radioth...