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To: robertpaulsen
If it is via a surgically implanted feeding tube because the patient is unable to swallow, yes.

And, of course, the order forbidding any attempt to provide nourishment P.O. was also about withholding "medical" measures?

407 posted on 01/23/2006 12:30:42 PM PST by Shalom Israel (Pray for the peace of Jerusalem.)
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To: Shalom Israel
"And, of course, the order forbidding any attempt to provide nourishment P.O. was also about withholding "medical" measures?"

Why would you want to provide nourishment P.O. to a patient who cannot swallow voluntarily?

422 posted on 01/23/2006 1:31:15 PM PST by robertpaulsen
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