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Surrogate Decision Making: Bernie Lo and Laurie Dornbrand

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In 1988, Cruzan’s parents requested that her feeding tube be removed, arguing that she would not want to continue in this state. On the one hand, this was unfortunate, as it meant Nancy Cruzan could not be disconnected from the feeding tube immediately. ICU care was pretty rudimentary. And that helps us get to the decision.

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POLST Evidence and Update: Kelly Vranas, Abby Dotson, Karl Steinberg, and Scott Halpern

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And whether tube feeding should be on there, that’s never an emergency decision. It’s just an interference with good patient care. I can on one hand count the patients I’ve cared for who didn’t want mechanical ventilation. But yeah, full treatment. Eric: Just too much.

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