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A member asked:
How dpes family or doctor determine when to stop tube feeding in hospice?
5 doctors weighed in across 2 answers
Difficult: ? To consider when making decisions abt tube feeding r similar to those abt etc medical treatments.What does the patient want? Goals of tube feeding?What are the potential risks /benefits of tube feeding? Family members may want guidance from their cultural/faith community, to help weigh the implications of stopping feeding.Some patients repeatedly pull their tube as a signal cue for disapproval.
Answered 10/19/2012
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Quality of life: For the vast majority of hospice patients, tube feeding actually makes them more uncomfortable--they retain fluid, have more secretions, have to deal with the tube. And tube feeding has never been shown to improve quality of life or lengthen survival--and this has been studied. Removing the tube can improve comfort and dignity, and won't hasten death.
Answered 7/5/2018
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