Keeping alive a person with profound dementia. . . why?

Primary Care is based on an actual case researched by Dr. Thomas R. Cole. An Alzeimer's patient has been fed through a nasogastric tube for over a year when the death of a senior geriatrician forces reevaluation by the health care team. Stony Marcher, chief resident, pleas with Marsha LeMarque, the attending physician, to remove the feeding tube and let nature take its course. Mrs. Brooks, a nurse aid who claims to have a personal relationship with the patient, stands in the way.Read more