… Four years following the accident, the parents of Nancy Cruzan asked that her tube
feedings be discontinued. The hospital responded by questioning the request. It is common for …

… the Cruzan case and many physicians fear that decisions to … However, for a surrogate to
make these decisions for an … The decision must balance the patient's rights against other …

… Cruzan's family has sought to allow removal of her feeding tube, citing her wishes of not
being … Court upheld the decision of the lower court: removal of the feeding tube was denied in …

… is not the prospect of a brief period of tube feeding (even if it extended the dying process by
a … face, with and without tube feeding. Ideally, treatment decisions are made by a patient for …

… feeding and further her recovery, a gastrostomy tube was inserted to provide nutrition and
hydration. When it became apparent that Ms. Cruzan … widely publicized Cruzan case, which …

… or not to remove Nancy Cruzan's feeding tube. A third-order decision is about who should
… that the Supreme Court's decision in Cruzan is an example of a third-order decision. The …

… Cruzan's tube feeding have been stopped? Probably not, according to a recent statement
on tube feeding or … In that case, tube feeding of a permanently unconscious patient could be …

… wished to terminate feeding by tube. Cruzan v. Harmon, 760 SW2d 408, 425 (Mo. 1988). …
that the state's application of the rule in the Cruzan case was also permissible. Id. at 2855. …

… , with one exception: Nancy Cruzan, a young woman in a … only tube feeding (rather than a
ventilator and tube feeding) to … proxy decision maker, and she noted that the Cruzan decision "…

… feeding and further the recovery, surgeons implanted a gastrostomy feeding and hydration
tube in Cruzan … patients, we expect that the Cruzan decision will have a certain chilling effect …