life-prolonging procedures

• Florida Lawmakers Ok Deal to Keep Schiavo's Feeding Tube

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- Lawmakers and Gov. Jeb Bush have settled on a deal to once again try to prevent the death of a severely brain- damaged Clearwater woman whose tragic plight has turned into a constitutional struggle between the courts and the other two branches of government. A Senate committee Tuesday approved the latest version of a now narrowly tailored measure (SB804) that would prohibit keeping food and water from individuals like Terri Schiavo who are in a persistent vegetative state. The bill would block taking life support from such patients only in cases where there is no written instruction by the patient authorizing "the suspension of life- prolonging procedures" and where family members disagree on whether to keep it in place.

• Deseret News (Salt Lake City)
• March 16, 2005

• Jeb Bush, Governor of Florida, et al., Appellants, vs. Michael Schiavo, Guardian of Theresa Schiavo, Appellee, 885 So. 2d 321 (2004)

...'s parents, turned on whether the procedures sustaining Theresa's life should be discontinued. ...

• Florida Supreme Court

• Living Wills Help Reduce Uncertainty

Despite differing personal views of the Terri Schiavo case, many Americans on both sides can agree on one thing: Everyone needs a living will. That must-have document specifies what medical treatment, if any, should be sought if a person is permanently unconscious or incapacitated, and authorizes whether to provide life-prolonging procedures.

• The Virginian-Pilot and The Ledger-Star, Norfolk, VA
• March 30, 2005

• 10 USC 1044 - Sec. 1044c. Advance medical directives of members and dependents: requirement for recognition by States

..., or withholding of life-prolonging procedures, including hydration and sustenance, for the decla...

• U.S. Code - Title 10: Armed Forces

• In re Guardianship of Theresa Marie Schiavo: opinion of the Court of Appeal of Florida.

... guardian to with draw life-prolonging procedures. We have carefully reviewed all aspects of the rec...

• Issues in Law & Medicine
• Vol. 19 Nbr. 2, September 2003

• Schiavo v. Schiavo amicus curiae memorandum of Governor Bush.

... to withdraw life-prolonging procedures. Section 765.101 (17), Florida Statutes (2003) (de...

• Issues in Law & Medicine
• Vol. 19 Nbr. 2, September 2003

• Preparing for End-of-Life Decisions

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... a living will, life-prolonging procedures declaration, and the appointment of a healthcare r...

• Business People
• Vol. 23 Nbr. 12, January 2010

• Family conflict and family privacy: the constitutional violation in Terri Schiavo's death.

... make decisions about life-prolonging procedures.. It is a necessary function if all people are to ...

• Constitutional Commentary
• Vol. 22 Nbr. 3, December 2005

• 'Rights talk' about privacy in state courts.

... the medical or surgical means or procedures calculated to prolong his life."(77) The Act, whic...

• Albany Law Review
• Vol. 60 Nbr. 5, August 1997

• 2002-2003 catalog: Continuing Legal Education Publications.

...; Pretrial Preparation And Trial Procedures; Direct Examination, Cross-Examination, Redirect, ...

• Florida Bar Journal
• Vol. 76 Nbr. 8, September 2002