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04-11-2007, 10:41 PM	#1 (permalink)
ptich Member Registered Member Join Date: 2007 City: Mountain View State: California Country: USA Diagnosed: 00/0000 Posts: 174	Feeding tube and wish to die I am wondering, if one does not want a feeding tube, can he/she request to be transferred to hospice for palliative care when eating becomes very difficult ? This seems like a pieceful way out, as opposed to choking to death.

04-12-2007, 01:38 AM	#2 (permalink)
Al Super Moderator Registered Member Join Date: 2004 City: NW of Toronto State: On Country: CAN Diagnosed: 10/2003 Posts: 7,186	Hi ptich. I think the laws are different from state to state but the local Hospice would tell you if you called them. AL.

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