title: Last rights: how simple device set off a fight over elderly care; invented for younger patients, feeding tube now figures in end-of-life debate.
authors.forename: Mark
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fritz
mesh_terms: D024362:Advance Directive Adherence; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003704:Dementia; D004750:Enteral Nutrition / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000941:ethics / Q000379:methods / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D016224:Living Wills; D008484:Medicaid / Q000191:economics; D006278:Medicare / Q000191:economics; D009735:Nursing Homes / Q000191:economics; D012067:Religion; D013727:Terminal Care / Q000191:economics; D014481:United States; D028761:Withholding Treatment / Q000941:ethics