Feeding tube

growth without the exposure of fresh air and natural light. Animal cruelty and factory farms have been a hot topic discussed throughout history as it is being a rapidly growing nationwide problem.CAFO stands for concentrated animal feeding operations,it is an animal feeding operation (AFO) that (a) confines animals for more than 45 days during a growing season, (b) in an area that does not produce vegetation, and (c) meets certain size as it is defined on Wikipedia.The CAFOs and the factory…

The interpretation of the feeding tube being the equivalent of the breathing machine or vice versa is up for debate. These are both machines that can prolong life in some fashion. It does not say she is unable to talk or unable to eat, but rather that she refuses to do both actions. I would advise that her husband and her daughter speak to her to see if she will respond to them. It is quite possible that Ann could die at her own hands because of her refusal. This is somewhat a reminder of the…

Nurses play a central role in advocating for their patients. In the case of Freda, the moral conflict between the nurse and physician revolves around the implementation of a feeding tube, in which the nurses feel does not respect Freda’s wishes. In utilitarianism, the beneficence principle means the value of the good (Collier & Haliburton, 2015, p. 440). In Freda’s case she defines good as dying peacefully. In Kantianism, the principle of autonomy states that the competent individual has the…

liquids, a feeding tube that was inserted into her stomach through her abdomen became the way her body received artificial hydration and nutrition. Her husband Michael was appointed by the court to become her legal guardian. Michael sued Terri’s primary care…

that the patient’s condition was not fatal but would have been fatal if supportive nutrition was not provided. He felt it was in the patient’s best interest to receive the tube feedings in order to have a full and speedy recovery. I also thought to myself, would the patient have changed her decision to not receive tube feedings if she knew that it was her only chance at survival? Would she have agreed with her niece’s decision? Since she was non verbal and not able to convey her wishes it was…

in fact, conscious during the events leading to her feeding tube being unplugged, her Autonomy…

etc.) revealed how she would have felt about being in a coma or in a vegetative state in which she is unresponsive. Using this knowledge as a base, the act of unplugging Terri Schiavo’s feeding tube turns out to be ethical if we apply the Principle of Double Effect. First of all, the act of unplugging her feeding tube in itself was not an evil act. And, even though the action led to her death, good followed as a result because Terri’s wish was respected. This was the reason behind her husband’s…

In this case Julianne Delio wife of Daniel Delio a gentleman who is in a comatose state, petition the court to have her husband’s feeding tube removed. Arguing that it was his wish not the sustain life artificially and to die with dignity. A 33 year old male (Mr. Daniel Delio) slipped in a vegetative state after cardiac arrest during…

small plastic tubes that go into the patients’ nose. Air and oxygen go through the tubes into the patients’ lungs. Nasogastric tube. This is a feeding tube that goes through a patients’ nose, down the esophagus and into the stomach. The patient can get breast milk, formula and medicine through the tube. When a patient is fed breast milk or formula though an NG tube, it’s called gavage feeding. Warming lamp. This device is used to keep the patient warm during bath time. Syringe feeding pump. This…

was diagnosed as being in a persistent vegetative state , surgeons inserted a feeding tube for her long term care.In 1987 Cruzan's parents went to court to ask that the feeding tube be removed and that she be allowed to die a dignified death as they said she would have wanted. In 1988 when the parents asked the doctors to remove the feeding tube the doctors refused to do so without a court order since removing the tube will be the cause of cruzans…