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Michael Anthony Devita MD
Hospice and Palliative Care Specialist | Hospice and Palliative Medicine
320 E North Ave Pittsburgh PA, 15212About
Dr. Michael Devita is a hospice and palliative care specialist practicing in Pittsburgh, PA. Dr. Devita provides care to people who are seriously ill. As a hospice and palliative care specialist, Dr. Devita works to relieve the pain and suffering of people who have a severe medical condition and are in a critical state. Hospice and palliative care specialists try to improve the quality of life for a person who may not have much time left to live.
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- History of organ donation by patients with cardiac death.
- Development of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center policy for the care of terminally ill patients who may become organ donors after death following the removal of life support.
- Procuring organs from a non-heart-beating cadaver: a case report.
- When is "dead"?
- Observations of withdrawal of life-sustaining treatment from patients who became non-heart-beating organ donors.
- Decisions by conscious persons about controlled NHBD after death: eyes wide open.
- Patients, families, and organ donation: who should decide?
- The death watch: certifying death using cardiac criteria.
- Non-heartbeating organ donation: ethical controversies and medical considerations.
- The ethics of medical mistakes: historical, legal, and institutional perspectives. Introduction.
- Honestly, do we need a policy on truth?
- Current controversies in critical care ethics: not just end of life.
- Research involving the newly dead: an institutional response.
- Non-heartbeating organ donation: a review.
- Improving medical crisis team performance.
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