That's about half the story, the other half is that her family and friends testified that she was a devout Catholic which is evidence with more weight than hearsay. The court ignored it. Just like the court took Dr Deaths words as gospel when he only examined the patient for 45 minutes. PVS can not be diagnosed in 45 minutes. Forget the fact that no diagnostic imaging has been done in 10 years, or the fact the Doctor in question believes PVS patients do not have constitutional rights or his claim that a living, breathing women has a flat line EEG. The fact that he claims to be able to diagnose PVS in a single 45 minute exam is malpractice and a Judge who allows that malpractice to sway his decision is not capable of rendering an equitable judgment.
So what Michael's family said about her was hearsay, but what Terri's family said about her was somehow not hearsay? How does her family's testimony carry "more weight?"
Just like the court took Dr Deaths words as gospel when he only examined the patient for 45 minutes. PVS can not be diagnosed in 45 minutes.
Check post 23 - "Four board-certified neurologists in Florida consulting on her care (James H. Barnhill, Garcia J. Desousa, Thomas H. Harrison, and Jeffrey M. Karp) had repeatedly made a diagnosis of PVS over the years." Repeatedly. For years.
Forget the fact that no diagnostic imaging has been done in 10 years...
What purpose would be served by more diagnostic imaging? Do you believe that brain cells spontaneously grow back?
The fact that he claims to be able to diagnose PVS in a single 45 minute exam is malpractice...
Remember that Dr. Cranford is probably the leading expert in the country on PVS, then consider revising your statement.