Michael Schiavo

In the year of 1990 on February 25, a presumably healthy young women by the name of Theresa Marie Schiavo better known as Terri suffered a massive heart attack in her Florida home which left her with serve brain damage. At the age of 26 she found herself unable to speak, or move, and unfortunately without a living will in place. How can she have told them what she really wanted if unable to talk in a vegetative state? Terri, although able to breathe on her own, found herself unable to eat or use

The Case of Terri Schiavo Why is it relevant to pull the plug on life support or keep it? Theresa Marie Schiavo also known as Terri collapsed due to low potassium levels caused by bulimia (according to her autopsy) at twenty-six years and three months old leaving her in an vegetative state in the year of 1990. In the year 1998, Terrie’s husband Michael Schiavo started a petition to pull his wife's feeding tube. After fifteen long years of fighting and attempts to pull her feeding tube, Theresa Marie

battle over Terri’s right to live or die. In 1990, 26-year-old Terri Schaivo was found in her home unconscious and without oxygen to her brain for several minutes, which left Terri in a vegetative state. According to a Schiavo timeline on the Miami University website, “Ms. Schiavo suffers cardiac arrest, apparently caused by a potassium imbalance and leading to brain damage due to lack of oxygen.” (Cerminara & Goodman, 2003). Terri would live out the next fifteen years of her life being the center

The Terri Schiavo Case Research Essay ISU On February 28, 1990, twenty six-year old Terri Schiavo suffered severe brain damage when her heart stopped for five minutes. Terri's condition was the subject of intense debate and media scrutiny over the subject of euthanasia and guardianship. Given the circumstances of Terri's vegetated condition, and no physical proof of her wishes, the last word on whether or not Terri would stay alive was given to her husband Michael Schiavo, by the state of Florida

Terri Schiavo Case Terri Schiavo was 26 years old when she collapsed in her home and suffered acute hypoxia for several minutes. Slightly shy of a year after her injury, it was clinically determined that she was in a persistent vegetative state (Perry, Churchill, & Kirshner, 2005). There were no legal documents, such as an advance directive or living will, specifying the wishes for care under such circumstances. Her husband, Michael Schiavo, was designated as her legal guardian. The Schiavo case

are 3 separate cases?) Case Number 2D01-1836: Re: Guardianship of Theresa (Terri) Marie Schiavo Case Number 2D01-1891: Robert Schindler and Mary Schindler (patient’s parents) are the plaintiff. Case Number 2D00-1269: Michael Schiavo (patient’s husband and guardian) is the plaintiff. The defendant? Case Number 2D01-1836: Re: Guardianship of Theresa Marie Schiavo Case Number 2D01-1891: Michael Schiavo (patient’s husband and guardian) is the defendant. Case Number 2D00-1269: Robert Schindler

The case of Terri Schiavo is a landmark case that involved a fifteen year battle over whether or not to provide life support for Terri Schiavo who was 26 years old when she collapsed in her bedroom in February of 1990. According to Munson (2012), Terri Schiavo’s husband Michael Schiavo, claimed to have woken to the sound of a thud at approximately four a.m. and found Terri unconscious on the floor. He called 911, but Terri had suffered cardiac arrest and by the time she was resuscitated she had

On February 25, 1990, the case of Terri Schiavo began, beginning a court battle between her new husband and her parents. Questions about the right to live, her wishes, and quality vs quantity of life were a few of the issues that were trying to be answered. According to ABC news Terri Schiavo collapsed in her house on February 25, 1990 from what doctors believed was from a potassium imbalance. She collapsed in her home, her heart stopped beating, and her brain went without oxygen leaving her in

According to ERD #58, this facility would be required to provide the patient with food or water through other means if oral intake is not an option. In the Terri Schiavo case, she had experienced severely impaired brain function which resulted in her not being able to intake food and water orally and required a feeding tube in order to receive nourishment. In this case it was not determined that she was experiencing any increase physical discomfort or have an underlying fatal condition where the

Case Study 2 Analysis of “The Schiavos” and “Fetal Testing for Down Syndrome” Terri Schiavo was a young woman who was in a persistent vegetative state (PSV) for nearly 13 years. Her husband fought to have her feeding tube removed to allow her to die naturally, but her family contested his fight, claiming that Terri was responsive, healthy and interactive. Although her autopsy results confirmed what her husband has been arguing, that she was blind, unable to communicate, or interact and without