How will you know if you want a feeding tube, tracheostomy, or other medical intervention?

FORBES: Do Conversations Around End Of Life Really Matter?

The doctor, who was not named in court, is being asked to evaluate whether a tracheostomy would help the baby.

CNN: Father fights mother over baby's life

When I first became ill I was not only put into an iron lung, I was also given a tracheostomy (hole in my throat).

CNN: 'I lived in an iron lung for seven years'

After two years my tracheostomy was closed but I still used -- and do to this day -- positive pressure but via a mouthpiece.

CNN: 'I lived in an iron lung for seven years'

The protracted illness required tracheostomy and gastrostomy.

FORBES: Researchers Highlight Warning Signs On Adult Stem Cell Treatments

Mr Wyatt said he was willing "to sign a contract" to the effect that he and his wife would let Charlotte go if, at the end of five days following a tracheostomy, there was nothing more that could be done.

BBC: NEWS | Health | Don't let baby die, pleads father

The doctor, who has been given anonymity like all the medical witnesses in the case, said Charlotte should be ventilated by way of a tracheostomy - the insertion of a breathing tube through the throat - so further discussions could take place between parents and doctors.

BBC: NEWS | Health | Don't let baby die, pleads father