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The Terri Schiavo case was a series of court and legislative actions in the United States from 1998 to 2005, regarding the care of Theresa Marie Schiavo (née Schindler) (/ ˈ ʃ aɪ v oʊ /; December 3, 1963 – March 31, 2005), a woman in an irreversible persistent vegetative state.
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]
A panel of lawmakers dismissed on Monday an ethics complaint against Speaker Dean Plocher, breaking from a Republican who argued that Plocher used his power as the House leader to block an ...
Jacksonville City Council member Matt Carlucci, who helped form that city’s ethics commission more than 30 years ago, and is a former chair of the state ethics panel, ridiculed how the bill was ...
Often present at both meetings was Dr. Bill Hathaway whose support of the committee was significant. Another key member was Dr. Kathy Meacham, a philosopher who taught ethics to UNC medical students.
Debates about the ethics of euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide date from ancient Greece and Rome. After the development of ether, physicians began advocating the use of anesthetics to relieve the pain of death. In 1870, Samuel Williams first proposed using anesthetics and morphine to intentionally end a patient's life.
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 ...