Case Study Terri Schiavo

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Terri Schiavo case study concluded to be a serious to the public. The outcome and misunderstandings surrounding her situation offer important lessons in medicine, law, and ethics. Terri Schiavo had a cardiac arrest, triggered by extreme hypokalemia brought on by an eating disorder. She suffered server brain damage due to her heart stopping for five minutes. Her condition was in great debate in the media euthanasia and guardianship of her state of living.
Terri Schiavo collapsed on February 25, 1990 in her Florida home from an “ice tea diet” which was related to her bulimia that was the result of a potassium deficiency. Due to her heart stopping for five minutes, Terri end up with brain damage. This brain damage was permanent and made Terri go into a vegetative state for the last fifteen years of her life. The doctors stated that there was no chance that she would return to normal someday. It wouldn’t be right to keep her on life support. It would bring a lot of change in hers and the people in her life.
Terri’s husband felt it will be best if she be taking off the feeding tube. He didn’t believe his wife would want to live the rest of her life with a feeding tube keeping her alive. Terri’s family didn’t feel like it was the best thing for her. Michael Schiavo felt her wishes should had been honored. He wanted the feeding tube to be removed which would cause Terri to die of malnutrition and dehydration. Her parents, did not want this, and wanted to keep their daughter alive no matter what.
Bob and Mary Schindler brought the issue to Florida courts many times, but every time they ruled that it was Michael Schiavo’s decision. Terri’s parents would not accept the verdict and they kept on fighting to keep their daughter alive. No...

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... was doing what he thought was best for her and what she wanted. We have the right to live why can’t we have the right to died when it’s nothing left of us to live.
It’s really not up to the courts or government to determine what is good for a human life. It crazy how they will put an animal down for not having a home or attacking a human being. Do we give animals a choice on their lives? No, we do not we just do what we think is best for that animal. Many people fail to realize a lot of things. They always say if it was me I wouldn’t want that for myself. In all respect no one really knows what they want if they was in that position. As for me I would rather die than to have my family and love one see me like that at all. This is why its best to have a living will with a breakdown of everything you want to happen for each possible way an accident can occur.

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