[chimera]

So why are you so seemingly eager to see the death of an innocent person based on questionable testimony? Why, for this patient, do you not insist on seeing at least written authorization attesting to the patient's wishes, which in a matter of life and death would certainly be reasonable? Hearsay evidence is not normally considered acceptable in cases involving the life or death of another individual. Where there is reasonable doubt there is a good reason to err on the side of caution, on the side of life.

Like I said before, if you or anyone else can show me an irrefutable document, signed by Terri Schiavo in the presence of witnesses, just like any other important legal document would be, attesting to her wishes to be killed by starvation, I will let it go. If you insist on basing life and death decisions on the basis of hearsay evidence from conflicted witnesses, then I will question it.

[msuMD]

Because sadly a document dosen't exist and her husbands conversations with his wife is what we have to go with. Did the parents ever say that they had a conversation with her to the contrary?