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Politics : Just the Facts, Ma'am: A Compendium of Liberal Fiction

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To: Lazarus_Long who wrote (31690)	4/5/2005 7:50:03 PM
From: DavesM	Read Replies (1) of 90947

Laz, msnbc.msn.com I think its pretty clear that Dr. Cranford believes that Terri Schiavo should have had her feeding tube pulled whether she was in a PVS or not. "The authors emphasise the importance of getting the diagnosis right, and few would argue with them But it is interesting to note that all 17 patients who were found to be conscious were severely disabled...and all were presumably dependent on feeding tubes. Reasonable people may differ in their views of the quality of life of these conscious individuals, but I would speculate that most people would find this condition far more horrifying than the vegetative state itself, and some might think it an even stronger reason for stopping treatment than complete unconsciousness" - Ronald Cranford 1996 (In response to an study that claimed that roughly 40% of the patients studied and were diagnosed as PVS, were misdiagnosed)

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