… Cruzan's case we are not dealing with mere probabilities, for it is certain Nancy will die if the
tube … to withdraw the feeding tube from her body. Nobody has suggested that her parents …

… case involved Nancy Cruzan, a young woman in a persistent vegetative state who required
tube feeding … , her parents asked to have tube feedings discontinued and were authorized to …

… Nancy Cruzan is subjectartificial feeding through a gastrostomy tube-involves a tube im…
life decision-making autonomy repeatedly invoke Cruzan in a broader range of settings. Ms. …

… of the family to make the decision regarding life-sustaining … The Cruzan decision in Missouri,
in 1988, ruled that the state … family’s decision to discontinue Nancy Cruzan’s tube feedings, …

… review the case of a never capacitated patient in light of the Cruzan decision to consider the
… for nutritional supplementation through a gastric feeding tube. New and worsening medical …

… Court’s decision that Nancy Cruzan should continue to be … indicated that she had refused
tube feeding, then the Court … have the authority to forgo tube-feeding from people like Ms. …

… terminate Nancy's artificially administered feeding. The state employees … case to court. The
trial court authorized the termination of tube feeding finding that a person in Nancy Cruzan's …

… the court did recognize such a broad sweeping right of privacy, a decision by Ms. … Cruzan
was likewise incapable of feeling pain from continued feeding; thus, because the feeding tube …

… Abstract: In the case of Nancy Cruzan, involving an incompetent patient's right to have artificial
feeding … Agastrostomy tube was placed, and Cruzan was eventually transferred to a state …

… Nancy Beth Cruzan has lain in a persistent vegetative state without hope of recovery since
… in her present condition, Nancy's parents sought to end her tube feeding. A trial court ruling …