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*****Please watch these videos and answer questions. Also see the other attachments. Answers must come from attachments and videos. ***********

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8yxIRjW9x7w&t=3437s

Nutrition & Hydration/Persistent Vegetative State (PVS)

1. Cure / care: compare and contrast.

2. Basic care: Nutrition, hydration, shelter, human interaction.

· Are we morally obliged to this? Why? Example

3. Swallow test, describe; when is it indicated?

4. When is medically assisted N/H indicated?

· Briefly describe Enteral Nutrition (EN), including:

· NJ tube

· NG tube

· PEG

· Briefly describe Parenteral Nutrition (PN), including:

· a. Total parenteral nutrition

· b. Partial parenteral nutrition

5. Bioethical analysis of N/H; state the basic principle and briefly describe the two exceptions.

6. Case Study: Terry Schiavo (EXCEL FILE ATTACH). Provide a bioethical analysis of her case; should we continue with the PEG or not? Why yes or why not?

7. Read and summarize ERD paragraphs #:  32, 33, 34, 56, 57, 58.