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To: Hope Praytochange who wrote (676280)3/21/2005 3:42:16 PM
From: Mr. Palau  Respond to of 769670
 
Hey babbleboy, here is the Texas/GW definition of "life sustaining treatment," which includes "artificial nutrition and hydration."

(10) "Life-sustaining treatment" means treatment
that, based on reasonable medical judgment, sustains the life of a
patient and without which the patient will die. The term includes
both life-sustaining medications and artificial life support, such
as mechanical breathing machines, kidney dialysis treatment, and
artificial nutrition and hydration. The term does not include the
administration of pain management medication or the performance of
a medical procedure considered to be necessary to provide comfort
care, or any other medical care provided to alleviate a patient's
pain.

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