Posted on 04/07/2005 2:59:57 AM PDT by schmelvin
Division of Aging Services
Two Peachtree Street, NW, Suite 9-385
Atlanta, Georgia 30303-3142
Phone: 404-657-5258
Fax: 404-657-5285
Website: http://aging.dhr.georgia.gov
Hey, in that version of the Brave New World we won't have to worry about fixing Social Security. Certain undesirables won't be allowed to live long enough to collect it!
can I be put on someones ping list for this please? Thanks
"Is it 'getting to the truth',"
Those remarks are no more constructive than the "death Nazi's", black booted thugs, murderers, money hungry killers, etc.
People resort to name calling when they get frustrated and can't deal with the subject objectively. Granted the Terri story is very emotional, but the truth of the matter is often tainted by emotions.
I bet she got that from the Glenn Beck show. He's always talking about us "Eeevil Conservatives". You know, how we don't care about clean water or poor people? Stuff like that. :-)
How is it that the esteemed Dr. Cranford can even make such a diagnosis when he didn't even perform tests considered essential to an accurate diagnosis? Where is the MRI? Where is the PET? Go to the library and check ANY first year neurology textbook and look up what's required to diagnose PVS. When you consider that Cranford previously MISdiagnosed someone as PVS who subsequently made a FULL recovery, don't you think he'd want to make sure he performed the ALL the tests necessary for an accurate diagnosis? The 2 tests that were performed (YEARS BEFORE), were the most superficial and least accurate in determining PVS. Maybe Terri was PVS, maybe she wasn't. The FACT is, we just don't know. It seems that if we're going to order someone's death, we should, at minimum, make sure STANDARD neurological tests are performed. There is statement after statement from doctors who say a diagnosis couldn't be made without further testing, but we're supposed to accept the word of a doctor who's life work is going around the country and testifying that patients are PVS. So far, he's found 100% of the patients he's diagnosed to be PVS, including the one that made a full recovery...sounds like an "expert" to me.
Cindie
"My friend, a ping to post #190. This is how conversations start to deteriorate."
LOL........I sense a bit of frustration? Oh well, best to answer the question as best one can and move on IMO.
All I know are ones in TN, I wish I knew of some in GA
YES!!!
EXACTLY!!!
THAT IS WHERE I GOT IT!!
GLENN BECK IS MY HERO!!!
"Granddaughter yanks grandma's feeding tube
WorldNetDaily.com ^ | April 7, 2005 | Sarah Foster
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1379537/posts"
Thank you - some verification!!
ummm ... what was that?
OK.
"And there are a few who have been very cruel in their attitude toward the Schindlers."
Not only cruel toward the Schindlers, but I have read some of very heartless, mean things about Terri, as well, who did nothing to anyone.
The WorldNetDaily Article got posted as a seperate thread.
I gave those readers this sumamry post of our posts:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1379537/posts?page=100#100
GA Dept of Human Resources
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OR FAX WRITTEN REPORT TO: (404) 657-5737
GA Dept of Human Resources
REPORT ABUSE:
(404) 657-9639
OR FAX WRITTEN REPORT TO: (404) 657-5737
Agreed; and well worth repeating.
This concerns the very private affairs of a woman who is not presently able to speak for herself or give consent to her private affairs being shared with anybody who calls up the judge, and of the other family members involved in the dispute, who likewise should have an assurance of privacy when they seek court intervention in a matter like this. It's highly irregular for a judge in a non-appellate court to be sharing information about an out of court settlement (or for that matter, about an in-court decision re a family matter).
Appellate courts are somewhat different, in that the issues they take up are generally more about interpreting the legalities of procedures followed in a case, and only tangentially discussing facts of the case as needed. Since appellate courts are largely in the business of creating law (because under the common law, prior decisions essentially ARE the law, until pre-empted by legislation or overruled by a higher court), there is by definition a need to make their decisions public, along with enough facts to support the decision.
Perhaps in this case, the family did authorize the judge to make this information public, to help quiet down the barrage of phone calls and e-mails and who knows what else that all the people involved have been getting bombarded with. But it's still really odd that it's being done in an informal way, rather than as a formal press release, with language previously agreed upon by the interested parties. It's a pretty bizarre idea that whenever some total stranger gets wind of a painful family dispute that has reached the courts, that stranger can call up the judge and get a briefing on what agreement the family finally came to -- especially where it was, officially speaking, an out of court settlement.
Don't you dare call me pro-death, but I was wondering, why exactly do they need to see a living will if she's not comatose?
So we don't know if the Lawer is representing the Granddaughter or the Mae's brother sister and nephew.
If we could see the court documents then we could see which side the lawyer is representing. The Plaintifs vs. Defendents and who the lawyers are.
Anybody know how we can see these documents in Alabama?
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