.....with all the disagreement about what a "feeding tube" is or is not, "artificial" or not....I looked closely at my 2000 signed and notarized Living Will and noted that ventilators and feeding tubes are in the same paragraph and both considered "life support" and are to either be removed or not even begun if my condition should become dependant on them. There is a place to initial if you believe in this way and want them refused. There is no distinction between the status of feeding tubes or vents.

While I fully agree that a feeding tube IS life support in the same way as is a respirator/ventilator (both air and food is needed to stay akive) .....I wonder if this differs from state to state.