… tube feeding lasts for a longer period, it can lead to tube dependency in the absence of
medical reasons for continuation of tube feeding. … medical conditions, infants with tube feeding …

… tube feeding has sparked intense interest in this treatment and in the importance of advance
care planning. The escalation in use of long-term tube feeding … for permanent tube feeding …

… application of enteral tube feeding, together with … feeding/nutrition, tube feeding, percutaneous
endoscopic gastrostomy/jejunostomy, endoscopic nasoenteric tube, nasogastric tube, and …

… of treatment were issued by the American Medical … of artificial nutrition as a medical treatment
that may be withdrawn … forms of medical treatment”, and also states that “it is good medical …

… feeding tubes and feel that cessation of tube feeding can be a direct cause of death. We argue
that feeding tube placement is a medical … as for any other medical treatment. However, the …

… What are the odds that the treatment will benefit the patient, and at what risk? If a therapy …
We support the position that tube feeding is medical therapy. For patients like Mrs. Dixon, …

… to forego or withdraw tube feeding?). In this article, the nature of tube feeding is considered
in … That evidence reveals tube feeding to bear several hallmarks of medical therapy, including …

… , the best of which is tube feeding or NG tube, in which food is entered into the digestive
system through a tube.[ 1 ] One of the advantages of this type of feeding is that it allows the …

… tube feeding as end-of-life treatment due to this environment. … that many medical doctors and
nurses rejected tube feeding for … of tube-fed patients were significant predictors for rejecting …

… Many individuals may also have difficulty conceptualizing the provision of food and hydration
as a medical treatment rather than a basic life necessity. Historically, the provision of food …