… Trial courts are left with little practical guidance in manag ing and deciding … Court agreed to
hear its first right-to-die case, Cruzan v. … The Cruzan case is like ly to draw the Justices into an …

… Thus, it is not an idle exercise to review the law inthis area prior to the Cruzan decision. …
authorizing the removal of the feeding tube. Both the state of Missouri and Cruzan’s guardian for …

… other words, tube-feeding could he terminated only if Nancy Cruzan, herself, … case to consider
new evidence of Nancy Cruzan's wishes, and the court again ordered that the feeding tube …

… the case of Nancy Cruzan, involving an incompetent patienfs right to have artificial feeding
withdrawn… I8 A gastrostomy tube was placed, and Cruzan was eventually transferred to a state …

… Cruzan's feeding tube could be withdrawn only if she had left "clear and convincing" evidence
of her desire not to receive artificial feeding in … After Cruzan, for incapacitated patients who …

… Third, the decision is supported by philosophical distinctions … The Cruzan court refused to
define feeding by tube as medical … with tube feedings in which a specific feeding regimen is …

Ten years ago, a Florida court ordered physicians to remove Terri Schiavo's feeding tube after
… Schiavo's husband initially petitioned the court for an order to remove the feeding tube in …

… Why was it so difficult to reach a reasonable decisionin the Cruzan case? One major difficulty
was the term terminally ill. The Missouri Supreme Court insisted that life support could be …

… to discontinue enteral, noninvasive enteral, or oral feedings. … Whereas the US Supreme
Court's decision in the Cruzan case … oral, noninvasive, and invasive enteral feedings. For all four …