Facts, Lies, and Videotapes: The Permanent Vegetative State and the Sad Case of Terri Schiavo

@article{Cranford2005FactsLA,
  title={Facts, Lies, and Videotapes: The Permanent Vegetative State and the Sad Case of Terri Schiavo},
  author={Ronald E. Cranford},
  journal={The Journal of Law, Medicine \& Ethics},
  year={2005},
  volume={33},
  pages={363 - 371}
}
  • R. Cranford
  • Published 1 June 2005
  • Medicine
  • The Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics
Right to die legal cases in the United States have evolved over the last 25 years, beginning with the Karen Quinlan case in 1975. Different substantive and procedural issues have been raised in these cases, and society's thinking has changed as a result of the far more complex legal issues that appear today as opposed to the simplistic views raised in early landmark cases. Many of the early cases involved patients in a vegetative state, but more recently patients who were in a minimally… 
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