The important message, Teno says, is that we come to a national consensus for the use of a feeding tube and that patients set down in writing, via an advance directive or living will, what living (and dying) condition they find acceptable.

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Such discretion is acceptable to public shareholders under the condition that the Compensation Committee clearly explains the business factors that were considered in applying such discretion.

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