An 82 year old patient has signed a Healthcare directive indicating that he agrees to a ventilator and feeding tube "temporarily" but does not want any heroic measures to survive. He suffers a major setback in his recovery. The patient is not coherent enough to speak for himself and is placed on a Ventilator and a feeding tube is inserted. Days turns into weeks and he is not recovering. 1. At what point does the ventilator and feeding tube become a heroic measure? 2. Do you thing that his Healthcare directive was detailed enough? If not, why.
An 82 year old patient has signed a Healthcare directive indicating that he agrees to a ventilator and feeding tube "temporarily" but does not want any heroic measures to survive. He suffers a major setback in his recovery. The patient is not coherent enough to speak for himself and is placed on a Ventilator and a feeding tube is inserted. Days turns into weeks and he is not recovering. 1. At what point does the ventilator and feeding tube become a heroic measure? 2. Do you thing that his Healthcare directive was detailed enough? If not, why.
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An 82 year old patient has signed a Healthcare directive indicating that he agrees to a ventilator and feeding tube "temporarily" but does not want any heroic measures to survive. He suffers a major setback in his recovery. The patient is not coherent enough to speak for himself and is placed on a Ventilator and a feeding tube is inserted. Days turns into weeks and he is not recovering.
1. At what point does the ventilator and feeding tube become a heroic measure?
2. Do you thing that his Healthcare directive was detailed enough? If not, why.
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