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• Title:The case of Terri Schiavo : ethics at the end of life / edited by Arthur L. Caplan, James J. McCartney, and Dominic A. Sisti ; foreword by Jay Wolfson.
  
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• Other Contributors/Collections:Caplan, Arthur L.
  McCartney, James J.
  Sisti, Dominic A.
  
• Published/Created:Amherst, N.Y. : Prometheus Books, 2006.
  

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• Library of Congress Subjects:Schiavo, Terri, 1963-2005.
  Right to die--Moral and ethical aspects--United States--Case studies.
  Terminal care--Moral and ethical aspects--United States--Case studies.
  Medical ethics--United States--Case studies.
  Coma--Patients--United States--Biography.
  
• Medical Subjects: Life Support Care--ethics.
  Persistent Vegetative State.
  Enteral Nutrition.
  Famous Persons.
  Life Support Care--legislation & jurisprudence.
  
• Genre/Form:Biographies.
  Case studies.
  
• Description:352 pages ; 23 cm
  
• 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.
  
• Notes:Includes bibliographical references.
  
• ISBN:159102398X (pbk. : alk. paper)
  9781591023982
  
• Contents:Pt. 1. Setting the stage
  Introduction
  The preservation of life / Charles J. McFadden
  The percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy tube : medical and ethical issues in placement / Floyd Angus, Robert Burakoff
  Permanent loss of consciousness : expert opinion and community standards / Fred Plum
  United States Supreme Court : Cruzan, by her parents and co-guardians / Cruzan et ux. v. Director, Missouri Department of Health, et al.
  The Wendland case, withdrawing life support from incompetent patients who are not terminally ill / Bernard Lo ... [et al.]
  Diagnosing the permanent vegetative state / Ronald Cranford
  Pt. 2. Florida controversies
  Introduction
  Florida law (State statute) FL 765 : Healthcare advance directives
  Court of Appeals of Florida, Second District , Thomas E. Corbett v. the Honorable Joseph P. D'Alessandro
  In re : the guardianship of Theresa Schiavo, an incapacitated person / Richard L. Pearse Jr.
  Florida bishops urge safer course for Terri Schiavo / Catholic Bishops of Florida 2003
  Continued concerns for Terri Schiavo / Catholic Bishops of Florida 2005
  A report to Governor Jeb Bush and the 6th Judicial Circuit in the matter of Theresa Marie Schiavo / Jay Wolfson
  Guardian ad litem's report / Jeb Bush
  The law passed by the Florida legislature (In relation to the Schiavo case) Bill No. HB 35-E
  Supreme Court of Florida, Jeb Bush, Governor of Florida, et al., appellants, v. Michael Schiavo, guardian of Theresa Schiavo, Appellee
  Pt. 3. Federal controversies
  Introduction
  Congressional statements and actions related to the Schiavo case
  For the relief of the parents of Theresa Marie Schiavo, S. 686
  President George W. Bush's statement on S. 686, allowing federal courts to hear claim of Terri Schiavo
  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.
  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
  The time has come to let Terri Schiavo die / Arthur L. Caplan
  Affidavit / William Polk Cheshire
  United States Supreme Court : order in pending case 04a825 Schiavo, Ex Rel. Schindler v. Schiavo, Michael, et al.
  Attorney shares experience, pain, in Michael Schiavo's defense / Jon B. Eisenberg
  Pt. 4. Catholic controversies
  Introduction
  Feeding and hydrating the permanently unconscious and other vulnerable persons / William E. May ... [et al.]
  An interim pastoral statement of artificial nutrition and hydration / Bishops of Texas, Texas Conference of Catholic Health Facilities
  Nutrition and hydration : moral considerations / Catholic Bishops of Pennsylvania
  Care of PVS patients : Catholic opinion in the United States / Kevin O'Rourke, Patrick Norris
  Reverence for human life / James McCartney
  To the participants in the International Congress on "Life-sustaining treatments and vegetative state : scientific advances and ethical dilemmas" / Pope John Paul II
  Implications of the Papal allocution on feeding tubes / Thomas A. Shannon, James J. Walter
  The Pope on PVS : does JPII's statement make the grade? / John F. Tuohey
  On the death of Terri Schiavo / Edward J. Furton
  Pt. 5. The aftermath
  Introduction
  Our shining knights to the rescue / Norman L. Cantor
  The legacy of the Schiavo case / Thomas A. Shannon
  "Culture of life" politics at the bedside, the case of Terri Schiavo / George J. Annas
  After Terri Schiavo : why the disability rights movement spoke out, why some of us worried, and where do we go from here? / Mary Johnson
  Terri Schiavo, a tragedy compounded / Timothy E. Quill
  Report of autopsy / John R. Thogmartin
  Onward, moderate Christian soldiers / John C. Danforth
  At Schiavo's hospice, a return to routine / Ceci Connolly
  Case timeline.