Letter
Tortuous arguments evade the issue
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BMJ
1995;311:1437.2
- Keith Andrews
- Director of medical services Royal Hospital for Neurodisability, London SW15 3SW
EDITOR,--While I agree with much that Ronald E Cranford says in his editorial on withdrawing artificial feeding in brain damage, I am unhappy about his concept that the withdrawal of tube feeding does not constitute assisted suicide or euthanasia.1
It is ironic that the only reason that tube feeding has been identified as “treatment” has been so that it can be withdrawn. Much of …
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