Artificial Nutrition and Hydration and the Permanently Unconscious Patient David C. Steffens easy-to-remember manner

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Artificial Nutrition and Hydration and the Permanently Unconscious Patient David C. Steffens easy-to-remember mannerDuring the past few decades, high profile cases like that of Terry Schiavo have fueled the public debate over forgoing or withdrawing artificial nutrition and hydration from patients in a persistent vegetative state (PVS). These cases, whether involving adults or young children, have forced many to begin thinking in a measured and careful way about the moral legitimacy of allowing patients to die. Can families forgo or withdraw artificial hydration