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  1. Brittany Murphy's Husband Doesn't Want AutopsyRead the original story w/Photo

    1 hr ago | Freerepublic.com

    ... (Wanting things is not the same as knowing things.) To: omega4179 I refer to the circumstances that led Terri Schiavo to have a heart attack which could have been fatal. 12/20/2009 3:28:20 PM PST by omega4179 (Wanting things is not the same as ...

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    Related Topix: Medicine, Hospital Administration, Healthcare Industry

  2. Family members speak out in dispute of treatment of comatose manRead the original story

    Wednesday Dec 16 | PressConnects.com

    ... be a fit guardian for her husband. Most of the family remained silent until this week, when family members of Terri Schiavo -- a Florida woman who was comatose and whose case made national headlines -- appeared in Elmira to support Sara Harvey. ...

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    Related Topix: Horseheads, NY, Chemung County, NY, Elmira, NY, Groton, NY

  3. 5 Reasons Why Not to Pull the PlugRead the original story

    Wednesday Dec 16 | Catholic.net

    ... there are cases where feeding tubes have been extracted from patients. Recent cases known world-wide have been Terri Schiavo, UK's Tony Bland or Italy's Eluana Englaro. During each case, a remarkable unreleasing of turbulent waters clashed between ...

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  4. Is Farah Klayman's Agent? [Dispatches from the Culture Wars]Read the original story

    Tuesday Dec 15 | ScienceBlogs

    ... and suing anyone and everyone - and almost invariably wrong. Back in 2005, Klayman and I tangled over the Terri Schiavo case on the debut episode of Jim Babka's now-defunct radio show. Klayman had teamed up with uber-nut Alan Keyes to petition Jeb ...

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  5. Woman Fighting for Her Husband to Come Home

    Monday Dec 14 | WETM TV

    ... is on the line. Sara lost custody of him to the county. Now she's fighting to change that. She has invited Terri Schiavo's mother and brother to help get her case heard. Terri's brother, Bobby Schindler said, "Why the county is not allowing her to ...

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  6. Ann Woolner: Hospitals may ignore patient's final wishRead the original story

    Monday Dec 14 | Democrat & Chronicle

    You think you've done the legal paperwork to avoid becoming another Terri Schiavo, who was trapped in a hopeless vegetative state while her family argued over whether to keep her going.

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    Related Topix: Roman Catholic Church, Religion, Criminal Defense Law, Law, Opinion

  7. Your final wish isn't always your doctor's command

    Sunday Dec 13 | North Jersey Media Group

    ... a patient's wishes when they conflict. YOU THINK you've done the legal paperwork to avoid becoming another Terri Schiavo, who was trapped in a hopeless vegetative state while her family argued over whether to keep her going. You've specified ahead ...

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    Related Topix: Prison, Roman Catholic Church, Religion, Criminal Defense Law, Law, Opinion

  8. Jersey Shore EntertainsRead the original story

    Friday Dec 11 | Richmond.com

    ... post as inappropriate Comments on This Post: kentbrockwell Dec. 11, 2009 This show sounds as interesting as a Terri Schiavo stand-up comedy special. Reply to This Post sinakone Dec. 11, 2009 Being from Richmond & living in NJ directly next to ...

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  9. Your Final Wish Isn't Always Your Doctor's Command: Ann Woolner

    Wednesday Dec 9 | Bloomberg.com

    You think youa ve done the legal paperwork to avoid becoming another Terri Schiavo , who was trapped in a hopeless vegetative state while her family argued over whether to keep her going. 2 comments

    Related Topix: Roman Catholic Church, Religion, Criminal Defense Law, Law

  10. Life LinksRead the original story

    Monday Dec 7 | JivinJehoshaphat

    ... response to a good news story? It is hard to shake the feeling that the emotional crosscurrents stirred by Terri Schiavo have been stirred again. Time reported that Schiavo-type "legal fights are likely to become more common as classifications of ...

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    Related Topix: Abortion, Barbara Boxer, US Politics, US News, US Senate, Democrat, Kent Conrad, Michigan

  11. Dec. 6 2009, 1:20pm-1:40pmRead the original story

    Jan 20, 2009 | WDBO-AM Orlando

    ... was being threatened her and aren't happening and are -- national." " And our marriage -- we always remember Terri Schiavo -- even the government got and called. And I tried to pass legislation in Tallahassee. That there was a very very ...

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    Related Topix: Ohio

  12. Apples, Oranges, and Comas by Art Caplan

    Saturday Dec 5 | Blog.bioethics.net

    Wesley Smith has a new column out , in which he inappropriately uses the case in Belgium of Rom Houben to argue that somehow Terri Schiavo should not have been permitted to have her feeding tube removed.

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    Related Topix: Medicine, Neurology

  13. The Long Awakening

    Friday Dec 4 | The Weekly Standard

    The case of Terri Schiavo--who died five years ago next March, deprived for nearly two weeks of food and water, even the balm of ice chips--continues to prick consciences.

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  14. Two girls one column: farewell to fall semesterRead the original story

    Friday Dec 4 | The Chronicle

    ... (assuming we do not fall into a Dunkin Donuts induced coma in the next two weeks and become confined to a Terri Schiavo like state for the next few years), we will be tanks of productivity, even more equipped to survive life stressors. Yes, ...

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    Related Topix: Opinion

  15. Bishops approve revised directives on withdrawal of food, water

    Thursday Dec 3 | Iobserve

    By Nancy Frazier O'Brien Catholic News Service BALTIMORE - The U.S. bishops overwhelmingly approved a revision to the directives that guide Catholic health care facilities, clarifying that patients with chronic conditions who are not imminently dying should receive food and water by "medically assisted" means if they cannot take them normally.

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    Related Topix: Roman Catholic Church, Religion, Bridgeport, CT

  16. August 14, 2009: Schiavo Lawyer: ';Legitimate Fears and Concerns';...Read the original story

    Tuesday Dec 1 | Center for Cooperative Research

    Attorney George Felos, who represented Michael Schiavo in the Terri Schiavo end-of-life case, says it is ironic to have the same politicians who insisted on becoming involved in the Schiavo decision in 2005 now saying it is not politicians' place to become involved in end-of-life decisions as part of their opposition to health care reform .

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    Related Topix: George Bush, W.

  17. Belgian Case Reignites 'Brain Dead' Debate as Catholics Order Force FeedingsRead the original story

    Saturday Nov 28 | Free Republic

    The family of Terri Schiavo , the Florida woman who was artificially kept alive for 15 years, say they feel both heartbreak and vindication over the news this week that a Belgian man thought to be in a persistent vegetative state was fully conscious for two decades.

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    Related Topix: US Politics, US News, 2008 Presidential Election, George Bush, W.

  18. Humans are never vegetablesRead the original story

    Saturday Nov 28 | Free Republic

    ... a term which should be banished from the language as a reference point for discussing human beings. Terri Schiavo's case comes to mind. Doctors argued for years over the level of consciousness they thought the Florida woman was capable of -- and ... 11 comments

  19. Rom Houben: Culture of Death Is Not ImpressedRead the original story

    Saturday Nov 28 | BizzyBlog.com

    ... 4 in 10 patients believed to be in a persistent vegetative state really aren't. This brings echoes of 2005's Terri Schiavo situation, where doctors and the courts persisted in giving Terri's husband Michael the permission to starve and dehydrate her ...

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  20. Coma patient's second birthRead the original story

    Friday Nov 27 | Mail & Guardian

    ... at Liege University hospital, has advised on several prominent coma cases, such as the American patient Terri Schiavo, whose life support was withdrawn in 2005 after 15 years in a coma. Laureys concluded in his study that coma patients are diagnosed ...

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    Related Topix: Belgium, World News, Liege, Belgium