title: Pettis v. Smith and Braddock. In the Louisiana Court of Appeal.
abstract: HOLDING: Tube feeding may be withheld or withdrawn from a person in a persistent semi-conscious state even though her living will did not explicitly decline tube feeding, and there is no clear and convincing evidence of her intention to decline tube feeding.
authors.forename: Barry A
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Bostrom
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003657:Decision Making; D004750:Enteral Nutrition; D005066:Euthanasia, Passive / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007603:Jurisprudence; D007872:Legal Guardians; D016224:Living Wills / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D008145:Louisiana; D018458:Persistent Vegetative State; D010820:Physicians / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D028761:Withholding Treatment / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*