The below statements are from an article written in 2003 by Fr. Rob Johansen entitled "Killing Terri Schiavo."
http://www.crisismagazine.com/january2004/johansen.htm
Dr. Ronald Cranford, a euthanasia advocate, was one of two court appointed doctors who testified that Terri is in a persistant vegetative state (PVS).
"Cranford jokingly refers to himself as 'Dr. Death' and, for a fee, will come to a trial and testify that the person whose life the plaintiff wants to end is in a PVS. He was the leading medical voice calling for the deaths of Paul Brophy, Nancy Jobes, Nancy Cruzan, and Christine Busalucci, all of whom were brain-damaged but not dying. Nonetheless, he advocated death for all by dehydration/starvation, just as he has for Terri."
Nancy Cruzan-one of his “patients”-required no skilled nursing, no care but food and fluids, hygiene, and turning to prevent bedsores. She didn’t even need tube feeding, but Cranford testified that he would even consider spoon-feeding “medical treatment.”
Cranford wrote in the summer 1998 issue of Concern for Dying that he foresees “that there may be extreme situations, and in the future increasingly common situations, where physician-assisted suicide may not only be permissible, but encouraged.” In a 1997 op-ed for the Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune, Cranford advocated the starvation of Alzheimer’s patients.
Judge Greer is legally blind. While viewing the videos of Terri, "he (Judge Greer) had to be asked twice to look at his monitor and to put his glasses back on so he could see it clearly. He (Greer) did not find the video evidence sufficiently “consistent and reproducible.” He opined that “cognitive function would manifest itself in a constant response to stimuli.” Pat Anderson, the Schindlers’ attorney, explained in a World Net Daily article that Judge Greer, in evaluating the video, used a “scorecard” approach that “stacked the deck no matter how Terri responded.
"If she (Terri) always responded-it was just primitive brain-stem activity. If she randomly responded-it was not repetitive enough.” Interestingly, Judge Greer and Felos have sought to suppress the video, and Judge Greer ordered the Schindlers not to photograph or videotape Terri in the future, under threat of legal sanction."
Ref:Dr. Ronald Cranford
I was just reading the pdf file - Second District Opinion
6/03'
http://www.2dca.org/opinion/June%2006,%202003/2D02-5394.pdf
10/01'
http://www.2dca.org/opinion/October%2017,%202001/2d01-3626.pdf
Judge Greer is legally blind. While viewing the videos of Terri, "he (Judge Greer) had to be asked twice to look at his monitor and to put his glasses back on so he could see it clearly. He (Greer) did not find the video evidence sufficiently “consistent and reproducible.” He opined that “cognitive function would manifest itself in a constant response to stimuli.” Pat Anderson, the Schindlers’ attorney, explained in a World Net Daily article that Judge Greer, in evaluating the video, used a “scorecard” approach that “stacked the deck no matter how Terri responded.
Videos? What videos?
Swab Test..."would not smile at me again for the rest of the day". : ) Dr. Hammesfahr
Terri Responding to Music Poor sweet little thing
Tracking a BalloonNote: Doctor who praises her tells the court she is in a PVS!