title: Knight v. Beverly Health Care Center: in the Supreme Court of Alabama.
abstract: HELD: Before tube feeding may be withdrawn from a person who is unconscious, pursuant to the directives of a living will, there must be a finding by clear and convincing evidence that the patient is in a "persistent vegetative state" as defined in her living will, or in a "permanent unconscious state" as defined by state statute.
authors.forename: B A
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Bostrom
mesh_terms: D024362:Advance Directive Adherence / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D000407:Alabama; D004750:Enteral Nutrition; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016224:Living Wills / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D008297:Male; D018458:Persistent Vegetative State