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The case of John P. King, a 74-year-old Alzheimer's patient in the center of a fight between family members over whether he should be kept alive with a feeding tube, shows that having a living will is not a foolproof way to avoid end-of-life battles.
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In the Bucks case, King's daughter, Mariann Judith Clunk, filed an injunction in county court in Doylestown asking a judge to stop her mother and doctors from prolonging her dad's life by inserting a feeding tube into his abdomen.
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Clunk said in the suit that she believes that her mother, Ann King, is trying to convince doctors to feed her father artificially despite the living will. Ann King is listed on the living will as King's surrogate, meaning she is the person designated to make decisions for King if he's incapacitated.
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Clunk's attorney, Joseph Masiuk, declined to comment Wednesday. Ann King could not be reached for comment and lawyers for the other defendants had not been named as of Wednesday afternoon.
Bucks County President Judge David Heckler has scheduled a hearing in the case for Monday morning and has barred doctors from inserting the tube until the matter is settled in court.
http://www.phillyburbs.com/pb-dyn/news/111-03242005-467367.htmlI just heard on the news that the wife didn't even show up to the hearing yesterday, so it looks as if the daughter's will win the case.