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...religion and faith-based politics intervene in a way that baffles Europeans. "It would have been handled very differently in Europe," says Wim Distelmans, chairman of the Federal Commission of Euthanasia in Belgium, where euthanasia is permitted if performed by a doctor after an adult patient clearly states a wish to die. "Because of the politics, it's now impossible to have a sensible debate on the issue in the U.S." Writing in the Times of London last week, foreign editor Bronwen Maddox said the Schiavo case "shows just how emphatically the U.S. and Europe are moving on different paths...
...Schiavo case could not happen in Germany, according to Dr. Jörg-Dietrich Hoppe, president of the Federal Chamber of Doctors, because treatment would only be withdrawn when a patient has clearly expressed the wish to die. "We agree with the part of Schiavo's family that wants life-saving treatment to be continued because at the moment she is not terminally ill," Hoppe says. "If it could be proved that [Schiavo] had expressed a wish that treatment should be stopped, that would be a different matter...
...recommended. "He was surprised he wasn't burned out," says Evans, who was impressed by her son's subsequent attention to nutritional prep. "He would lay out the food the night before so that he had everything ready. This is preparing for a test in a different way. I wish I would have known about it when my kids were younger...
...children with another woman, Michael should be removed as guardian--although, according to court documents, the Schindlers originally encouraged him to see other women; that as a devout Catholic, Terri would want to live--although they have also acknowledged in court that they might have disregarded her wish to die even if stated in a living will; that Michael was abusing Terri, charges he has vehemently denied; and that her condition has been misdiagnosed, that she actually has a minimal level of consciousness and, with more therapy, could get better...
...didn’t know Turpin personally, although I wish there was some way I could have. Turpin was described by friends as a strong man with a heart of gold, a man who came alive when he was with his two-year-old daughter. Nor can I claim to speak for Turpin, or any other person suffering from depression. But what I will say is that I, and many of the other people I’ve spoken with who deal with depression, do not want sympathy; we want understanding. When someone is depressed, he or she tends...