Author

Contributions

  • Films for the Humanities (Firm) - Contributor
  • ABC News - Contributor

Publication

2005 - Films for the Humanities, Princeton, NJ, New Jersey

Language

English

Word Count

5,750 words, Guess

Page Count

23 pages

Physical Format

Video Recording

Identifiers

Classifications

  • LCCR726 .R54 2004

Alternate Titles

  • Right to die
  • Terry Schiavo
  • Nightline (Television program)

Description

"Terri Schindler-Schiavo fell into a coma in 1990. After several weeks she awakened with limited abilities to communicate and move. Medically speaking, is she in a locked-in state or a persistent vegitative state? On that question hangs Terri's fate, as it has for more than a decade. Is she alive in a meaningful sense? Her husband, some doctors and the Florida court say no; her family, other doctors, the Florida legislature, and Governor Jeb Bush say yes. This ABC News program gives background on the acrimonious battle of life and death, in which Terri is the pawn and then analyzes the medical, ethical, and legal aspects of the precedent-setting case."--Container.

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Terri Schindler-Schiavo

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