[WSBAPT] Health care directive/hydration

Tue Apr 21 16:23:22 PDT 2020

The Doctors I have talked to tell me that hydration allows the body to shut
down in a more orderly fashion while not sustaining life. I’m not a Doctor,
but just reporting my learnings.

Sincerely,

Tom

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*From:* wsbapt-bounces at lists.wsbarppt.com <wsbapt-bounces at lists.wsbarppt.com>
*On Behalf Of *Susan Donahue
*Sent:* Tuesday, April 21, 2020 4:07 PM
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*Subject:* Re: [WSBAPT] Health care directive/hydration

Hi Adrienne,

Well, the nurse clients I have had have told me that artificial hydration
means hooking up a drip and pumping water into the body, but they also tell
me that at the end of life, this is not a good idea because the body just
cannot process the influx.  Same with artificial nutrition.  But I don’t
offer this analysis since I am not a medical professional.  Most people
don’t have a question about it.  I’ve only had one person choose to allow
artificial hydration and nutrition in 8 years of preparing health care
directives.

Perhaps someone else has a more technical definition.

Susan

Susan Donahue

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P.O. Box 81

Twisp, WA 98856

(509) 996-5944 (phone)

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*From:* wsbapt-bounces at lists.wsbarppt.com <wsbapt-bounces at lists.wsbarppt.com>
*On Behalf Of *Adrienne Keith Wills
*Sent:* Tuesday, April 21, 2020 3:44 PM
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*Subject:* [WSBAPT] Health care directive/hydration

Hi Listmates,

I’m curious to know if anyone has specific information about what qualifies
as artificial hydration under RCW 70.122.030 (health care directive)?

Thank you, Adrienne

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