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[quote=Anonymous]Does he have an advance directive or living will, OP? My dad developed aspiration pneumonia when he had difficulty swallowing. Not only was he terrified and fighting treatment in the hospital, he was just going to keep getting it unless they switched him to tube hydration/feeding. In order to get him to cooperate, they would have had to permanently restrain him and/or drug him. At that point my mom followed his advanced directive and removed all care except for comfort measures. He was gone within a couple of weeks. I was a little shocked at first because I had never thought about removal of care for anyone except a comatose patient, but my dad was a retired physician. He knew what he was putting in his directive. [/quote]
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