Understand this pea brain, your own article states: "The diagnosis of a vegetative state is not tenable if there is any degree of voluntary movement, sustained visual pursuit, consistent and reproducible visual fixation, or response to threatening gestures" Which is the case for Schiavo.
As for the five doctors, the two that where chosen by Michael Schiavo and one independent say she is in PVS, the other two chosen by her parents state she will recover with treatment. Treatment she's been denied for ten years. So that's on;y one unbiased opinion. We need more. It may very well be too late to save her but she should have had the treatment all along and maybe we can save the next one. On Wed, 26 Jan 2005 13:48:50 -0500, Larry C. Lyons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Lets see if I can put it in small enough words for you to understand. > > The 5 court appointed neurologists agreed that Ms. Shaivo was in a > persistent vegetative state. The AMA and BMA treatement guidelines > state that no recovery is possible if this state lasts more than a > year (AMA says 3 months). Ms. Shaivo has been in this state for 10 > years. There is only a body left that is steadily deteriorating (sorry > falling apart). No matter how long that body lives there is nothing > left in the brain. She will be like what she is for now on. > > As for the starvation, that is the only legal way to do it, look up > withholding of treatment. US law forbids more active measures. In > Shaivo's case it would be more humane to give an overdose of a > tranquilizer, but that is not allowed. > > As for that web site, I see its up to your usual fine standards of > veracity and quality. Lots of ranting fluff and almost nothing > involving facts. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:144661 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
