The Case of Terri Schiavo,9781591023982

The Case of Terri Schiavo

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ISBN13: 9781591023982
ISBN10: 159102398X
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Pub. Date: 2006-03-01
Publisher(s): Prometheus Books
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Summary

Gathers medical and legal documents, opinions from various perspectives, and a timeline of events in the Terri Shiavo case to provide a resource for examining the moral and ethical issues surrounding end-of-life decisions.

Table of Contents

Foreword
Jay Wolfson, DrPH, JD
13(6)
PART 1: SETTING THE STAGE
Introduction
19(4)
The Preservation of Life
Charles J. McFadden
23(5)
The Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy Tube: Medical and Ethical Issues in Placement
Floyd Angus, MD, and Robert Burakoff, MD
28(13)
Permanent Loss of Consciousness: Expert Opinion and Community Standards
Fred Plum, MD
41(2)
United States Supreme Court: Cruzan, By Her Parents and Co-Guardians
Cruzan et ux. v. Director, Missouri Department of Health, et al.
43(12)
The Wendland Case—Withdrawing Life Support from Incompetent Patients Who Are Not Terminally Ill
Bernard Lo, MD, Laurie Dornbrand, MD, MPH, Leslie E. Wolf JD, MPH, and Michelle Groman, AB
55(12)
Diagnosing the Permanent Vegetative State
Ronald Cranford, MD
67(4)
PART 2: FLORIDA CONTROVERSIES
Introduction
71(4)
Florida Law (State Statute) FL 765: Healthcare Advance Directives
75(5)
Court of Appeals of Florida, Second District
Thomas E. Corbett v. The Honorable Joseph P. D'Alessandro
80(6)
In Re: The Guardianship of Theresa Schiavo, An Incapacitated Person
Richard L. Pearse Jr
86(8)
Florida Bishops Urge Safer Course for Terri Schiavo
Catholic Bishops of Florida 2003
94(2)
Continued Concerns for Terri Schiavo
Catholic Bishops of Florida 2005
96(2)
A Report to Governor Jeb Bush and the 6th Judicial Circuit in the Matter of Theresa Marie Schiavo
Jay Wolfson
98(3)
Guardian Ad Litem's Report
Jeb Bush
101(1)
The Law Passed by the Florida Legislature
(In Relation to the Schiavo Case) Bill No. HB 35-E
102(1)
Supreme Court of Florida
Jeb Bush, Governor of Florida, et al., Appellants, v. Michael Schiavo, Guardian of Theresa Schiavo, Appellee
103(20)
PART 3: FEDERAL CONTROVERSIES
Introduction
123(5)
Congressional Statements and Actions Related to the Schiavo Case
128(21)
For the Relief of the Parents of Theresa Marie Schiavo, S. 686
149(3)
President George W. Bush's Statement on S. 686,
Allowing Federal Courts to Hear Claim of Terri Schiavo
152(1)
United States District Court
Theresa Marie Schindler Schiavo Incapacitated ex rel., Robert Schindler and Mary Schindler, Her Parents and Next Friends vs. Michael Schiavo, Judge George W. Greer and The Hospice of the Florida Suncoast, Inc.
153(4)
United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Theresa Marie Schindler Schiavo, incapacitated ex rel, Robert Schindler and Mary Schindler, her parents and next friends, Plaintiff-Appellant, versus Michael Schiavo, as guardian of the person of Theresa Marie Schindler Schiavo, incapacitated, Judge George W. Greer, The Hospice of The Florida Suncoast, Inc., Defendants-Appellees
157(2)
The Time Has Come to Let Terri Schiavo Die
Arthur L. Caplan
159(4)
Affidavit
William Polk Cheshire
163(9)
United States Supreme Court: Order in Pending Case 04a825 Schiavo, Ex Rel. Schindler v. Schiavo, Michael, et al.
172(1)
Attorney Shares Experience, Pain, in Michael Schiavo's Defense
Jon B. Eisenberg
173(4)
PART 4: CATHOLIC CONTROVERSIES
Introduction
177(3)
Feeding and Hydrating the Permanently Unconscious and Other Vulnerable Persons
William E. May, Robert Barry, OP, Msgr. Orville Griese, Germain Grisez, Brian Johnstone, CSsR, Thomas J. Marzen, JD, Bishop James T McHugh, SJD, Gilbert Meilaender, PhD, Mark Siegler MD, and Msgr. William Smith
180(9)
An Interim Pastoral Statement on Artificial Nutrition and Hydration
Bishops of Texas and the Texas Conference of Catholic Health Facilities
189(6)
Nutrition and Hydration: Moral Considerations
Catholic Bishops of Pennsylvania
195(18)
Care of PVS Patients: Catholic Opinion in the United States
Kevin O'Rourke, OP, and Patrick Norris, OP
213(7)
Reverence for Human Life
James McCartney
220(11)
To the Participants in the International Congress on "Life-Sustaining Treatments and Vegetative State: Scientific Advances and Ethical Dilemmas"
Pope John Paul II
231(5)
Implications of the Papal Allocution on Feeding Tubes
Thomas A. Shannon and James J. Walter
236(6)
The Pope on PVS: Does JPII's Statement Make the Grade?
John F Tuohey
242(5)
On the Death of Tern Schiavo
Edward J. Furton
247(6)
PART 5: THE AFTERMATH
Introduction
253(4)
Our Shining Knights to the Rescue
Norman L. Cantor
257(3)
The Legacy of the Schiavo Case
Thomas A. Shannon
260(4)
"Culture of Life" Politics at the Bedside—The Case of Terri Schiavo
George J. Annas
264(10)
After Terri Schiavo: Why the Disability Rights Movement Spoke Out, Why Some of Us Worried, and Where Do We Go from Here?
Mary Johnson
274(11)
Terri Schiavo—A Tragedy Compounded
Timothy E. Quill, MD
285(5)
Report of Autopsy
John R. Thogmartin, MD
290(24)
Onward, Moderate Christian Soldiers
John C. Danforth
314(3)
At Schiavo's Hospice, a Return to Routine
Ceci Connolly
317(8)
CASE TIMELINE 325(22)
CONTRIBUTORS 347

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