Bioethics Of Terri Schiavosouthern New Hampshire University

Bioethics of Terri SchiavoSouthern New Hampshire University IHP 420: Ethical and Legal Considerations 01:50:39 GMT -05:00IntroductionOn Feb. 25, 1990, Terri Schiavo suffered a cardiac arrest caused by hypokalemia induced by an eating disorder. Terri had been in a persistent vegetative state since 1990 for 15 years before her death on March 31, 2005. A fierce, highly public battle took place between her parents, Robert and Mary Schindler, and her husband, Michael Schiavo, who wanted to disconnect her feeding tube. Terri's husband argued that his wife would not have wanted her life artificially prolonged, with no hope of recovery (Chalasani, 2016). Several months after the incident, computed tomography revealed severe atrophy of both cerebral hemispheres, and electroencephalography showed no evidence of cortical activity (Weijer, 2005). For three years, meaningful neurologic recovery, standard and experimental therapies were administered to no effect with poor prognosis was when her husband's accepted Terri’s condition was irreversible.Bioethical AnalysisPhysicians who examined Terri over the years indicated that she could respond to pain, blink her eyes, and raise her leg when asked to do so. In 2003, a speech pathologist stated that Terri uttered “stop” in response to a medical procedure that was being