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...said the case of Terri Schiavo, who is currently on a feeding tube and the subject of a family feud, illustrates the need for health care directives...
Schiavo's battle with his in-laws began shortly after the $1 million award; it has grown increasingly venomous. The Schindlers have accused Michael of abusing Terri and causing her death. They have charged him with wasting the money handed over for her care on legal fees and refusing to provide the right therapy. The relationship has not been helped by the fact that Michael has had a child with a girlfriend. The Schindlers have met with Jeb Bush, Florida's ardently right-to-life Governor, who has directed his legal staff to explore ways in which he might intervene...
Michael Schiavo refuses to speak to the press, but his lawyer George Felos dismisses the Schindlers' accusations: "Not only are they totally false, they are malicious." He rejects the notion that Terri could recover with therapy. The Florida court agreed with him last year after three of five doctors who examined Terri found her to be in a vegetative state. Only the two doctors chosen by the Schindlers disagreed. "She is in a classic permanent vegetative state," says neurologist Ronald Cranford, an expert on the condition at Hennepin County Medical Center in Minneapolis, Minn. Cranford examined Terri...
...crying and turning toward a voice. "There are many, many behaviors that look like conscious behavior that are reflexive or automatic," says Joseph Giacino, associate director of neuropsychology at the JFK Medical Center and the New Jersey Neuro-science Institute in Edison, N.J. After looking at the videos of Terri Schiavo for TIME, Giacino said, "This is not compelling evidence. It's interesting and suggestive. But most of these responses could occur in a vegetative state...
...lesson in it for everyone. "We all have an obligation to tell our loved ones what we would want done," says Fins. Schiavo was only 26 when disaster struck; Cruzan was a year younger. Quinlan was just 21. Says Fins: "You can be sure that one wish Terri Schiavo would have had is that her family wouldn't have fallen into this dispute at a time when she can't speak for herself...