The Challenge of Terri Schiavo: Lessons for Bioethics
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Koch, T.
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Journal of Medical Ethics 2005 July; 31(7): 376-378
Abstract
This essay reviews a range of issues arising from the complex case of Terri Schiavo and the lessons the case raises for bioethicists. It argues that embedded in the case is a broader controversy than is immediately evident, one involving the definitions by which bioethics judge cases of extreme physical and psychological limits, in its principled form of address. Further, it argues that bioethicists who assume the issues involved in the case are settled miss the point of the emotional responses it has brought forth.
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