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The Case of Terri Schiavo: Ethics at the End of Life. Amherst, NY: Prometheus Books. ISBN 978-1-59102-398-2. Silent Witness: The Untold Story of Terri Schiavo's Death by Mark Fuhrman (2005), ISBN 0-06-085337-9; Fighting for Dear Life: The Untold Story of Terri Schiavo and What It Means for All of Us by David C. Gibbs III (2006), ISBN 0-7642-0243-X
A doctor's recommendation must be approved by a hospital's ethics committee, and the family must be given 10 days from written notice of the decision to try to locate another facility for the patient. Many people [who?] felt that Bush's support for the law—one of only three in the nation—was inconsistent with his position in the Schiavo case.
Such laws state that, regardless of the progression of the pregnancy, a woman must remain on life-sustaining treatment until she gives birth. [10] Marlise Muñoz was disconnected from organ support at 11:30 AM on January 26, 2014. All remaining respiratory function ceased immediately and all cardiac function ended a few minutes later. [11]
The mother of an anencephalic baby wishes to keep the child on life support perpetually. Jesse Koochin: United States Salt Lake City: 2004 Parents wish to keep a child on life support. Spiro Nikolouzos case: United States Texas: 2005 A family wishes to keep life support for a man in a persistent vegetative state. David Vetter: United States ...
The legal proceedings commenced in March, some two months after Charlie's treating doctors formed the view that artificial life support was inimical to his interests, and were concluded four months later. The 'No Delay' principle of the Children Act 1989 [note 3] was in conflict with the duty of the courts to do justice by all the parties. The ...
In July 2013, French President François Hollande stated his personal support for decriminalisation of voluntary euthanasia in France, which had been one of his presidential campaign promises ("introduction of the right to die with dignity"), despite objections from France's National Consultative Ethics Committee/ Comité national consultatif d ...
The Texas Alliance for Life is an anti-abortion lobbying organization in the State of Texas. [1] The group opposes "the advocacy and practice of abortion (except to preserve the mother's life)." [2] The group also opposes euthanasia and "all forms of assisted suicide." [2] It is based in Austin, Texas. [3]
Under the 1999 Advance Directives Act (also known as The Texas Futile Care Law), the hospital may override the family's wishes in such a matter should an ethics committee clear such an action. However, Nikolouzos's family won an emergency injunction preventing the removal of the life support apparatus, and on March 21, 2005, Spiro Nikolouzos ...