Notice this as well:
(2) Admission to a hospice program shall be made upon a diagnosis and prognosis of terminal illness by a physician licensed pursuant to chapter 458 or chapter 459 and shall be dependent on the expressed request and informed consent of the patient.
If Terri is 'PVS', how could there be 'expressed request and informed consent'
This afternoon, I also read the statutes that you said parts of had changed since you first read it: Nursing homes, long-term care, etc.
I think Judge Greer was extremely remiss in not treating Terri as a long-term care patient. To my mind, the state ombudsman should have stepped in.
Hannity & Colmes tonight - geesh, they can do better than that. They tippy-toed all over the place - never mentioned Michael's girlfriend or the children.