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To: supercat
According to another poster, Judge Greer deemed such feeding an "unwarranted experimental procedure."

Also, ask yourself. Why did they stop feeding her food and liquid by mouth?

176 posted on 03/30/2005 10:12:43 PM PST by robertpaulsen
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To: robertpaulsen
Also, ask yourself. Why did they stop feeding her food and liquid by mouth?

Well, two legitimate reasons would be (1) if feeding by mouth would impose any significant risk of aspiration, feeding by g-tube would be safer whether or not oral feeding would likely be successful; (2) gastrostomic feeding is much faster and easier for caregivers than spoon-feeding of patients who have difficulty swallowing. Neither of these reasons in any way implies that oral feeding would be impossible--merely that it would not be worthwhile when a safer alternative existed.

178 posted on 03/30/2005 10:19:26 PM PST by supercat ("Though her life has been sold for corrupt men's gold, she refuses to give up the ghost.")
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