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B.C. appeal court refuses to halt dementia patient’s spoon feeding



‘Principle of patient autonomy’ at issue, judges’ panel rules

By Cristin Schmitz ( March 19, 2015, 8:00 PM EDT) -- The British Columbia Court of Appeal has affirmed that a care facility is required to continue to offer food and fluids to a woman in the final stage of Alzheimer’s disease, even though her family says this contradicts her previously expressed wishes....

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