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To: MulhollandDrive who wrote (105441)	3/22/2005 5:09:37 PM
From: aladin	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793750

MD, Its easy to see sinister ideas present here, but the husband in that report looks like he went above and beyond during the first four years. Giving up and doing the DNR after that is not evil, but thats when the fight with her family started. We could argue about her estate and the issues related to conflicts of interest, but that is all beside the point for me. My angle is that we have a severely disabled person and Michael would be right to ask for, and not even the Pope would oppose, a DNR - but her family objected. During this fight Florida law changed and the feeding tube became a medical device akin to a ventilator. We can all rail against it - but thats what he is using in this fight. Other than the Florida law - most PVS patients die when some other medical issue ensues and the DNR is observed. My thought - the Florida law needs review, but it will probably be too late for Terri. Her parents should have observed the DNR and let her die naturally (but not from starvation). Denial can be a terrible thing. I still don't agree with removing the feeding tube at this (or any) point, but I can understand the situation better with a full history. John