The Case of Terri Schiavo

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.

Foreword

Jay Wolfson, DrPH, JD

13

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PART 1: SETTING THE STAGE

Introduction

19

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The Preservation of Life

Charles J. McFadden

23

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The Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy Tube: Medical and Ethical Issues in Placement

Floyd Angus, MD, and Robert Burakoff, MD

28

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Permanent Loss of Consciousness: Expert Opinion and Community Standards

Fred Plum, MD

41

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United States Supreme Court: Cruzan, By Her Parents and Co-Guardians

Cruzan et ux. v. Director, Missouri Department of Health, et al.

43

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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

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Diagnosing the Permanent Vegetative State

Ronald Cranford, MD

67

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PART 2: FLORIDA CONTROVERSIES

Introduction

71

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Florida Law (State Statute) FL 765: Healthcare Advance Directives

75

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Court of Appeals of Florida, Second District

Thomas E. Corbett v. The Honorable Joseph P. D'Alessandro

80

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In Re: The Guardianship of Theresa Schiavo, An Incapacitated Person

Richard L. Pearse Jr

86

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Florida Bishops Urge Safer Course for Terri Schiavo

Catholic Bishops of Florida 2003

94

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Continued Concerns for Terri Schiavo

Catholic Bishops of Florida 2005

96

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A Report to Governor Jeb Bush and the 6th Judicial Circuit in the Matter of Theresa Marie Schiavo

Jay Wolfson

98

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Guardian Ad Litem's Report

Jeb Bush

101

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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

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PART 3: FEDERAL CONTROVERSIES

Introduction

123

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Congressional Statements and Actions Related to the Schiavo Case

128

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For the Relief of the Parents of Theresa Marie Schiavo, S. 686

149

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President George W. Bush's Statement on S. 686,

Allowing Federal Courts to Hear Claim of Terri Schiavo

152

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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

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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

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The Time Has Come to Let Terri Schiavo Die

Arthur L. Caplan

159

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Affidavit

William Polk Cheshire

163

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United States Supreme Court: Order in Pending Case 04a825 Schiavo, Ex Rel. Schindler v. Schiavo, Michael, et al.

172

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Attorney Shares Experience, Pain, in Michael Schiavo's Defense

Jon B. Eisenberg

173

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PART 4: CATHOLIC CONTROVERSIES

Introduction

177

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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

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An Interim Pastoral Statement on Artificial Nutrition and Hydration

Bishops of Texas and the Texas Conference of Catholic Health Facilities

189

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Nutrition and Hydration: Moral Considerations

Catholic Bishops of Pennsylvania

195

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Care of PVS Patients: Catholic Opinion in the United States

Kevin O'Rourke, OP, and Patrick Norris, OP

213

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Reverence for Human Life

James McCartney

220

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To the Participants in the International Congress on "Life-Sustaining Treatments and Vegetative State: Scientific Advances and Ethical Dilemmas"

Pope John Paul II

231

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Implications of the Papal Allocution on Feeding Tubes

Thomas A. Shannon and James J. Walter

236

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The Pope on PVS: Does JPII's Statement Make the Grade?

John F Tuohey

242

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On the Death of Tern Schiavo

Edward J. Furton

247

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PART 5: THE AFTERMATH

Introduction

253

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Our Shining Knights to the Rescue

Norman L. Cantor

257

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The Legacy of the Schiavo Case

Thomas A. Shannon

260

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"Culture of Life" Politics at the Bedside—The Case of Terri Schiavo

George J. Annas

264

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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

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Terri Schiavo—A Tragedy Compounded

Timothy E. Quill, MD

285

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Report of Autopsy

John R. Thogmartin, MD

290

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Onward, Moderate Christian Soldiers

John C. Danforth

314

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At Schiavo's Hospice, a Return to Routine

Ceci Connolly

317

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CASE TIMELINE

325

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CONTRIBUTORS

347

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