End of Life Dilemma Schiavo Case Watch the following excerpt (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O-rQ3tIabvM) from the Terri Schiavo Documentary: The Case’s Enduring Legacy | Retro Report | the New York Times.
In a Word document answer and discuss the following questions related to the Schiavo Case:
Consider and explore the judges’ perspective in the case. What are at least two ethical issues the judge must consider and explain?
What laws are relevant to this case and why?
Why was this case sentinel in the development of public policy around end-of-life care? At age four, my eldest son once asked me “Daddy, how old are people when they die?”. I allowed “As old as they are going to get”. In this, Theresa Marie Schiavo, who died at 41, is no different from Pope John Paul II, who died at 87.
