[John Valentine]

...the opinon of a respected neurologist.

Who is the "respected neurologist" to whom you refer?

Certainly not the notorious euthanasia champion Dr. Ronald Cranford! This is a man who most certainly has a horse in this race, and cannot possibly give an unbiased diagnosis or evaluation.

[texasflower]

Did you look at the scan? Can't you see the atrophy?

[Nachum]

http://www.bioethics.umn.edu/faculty/cranford_r.shtml

Ronald Cranford, MD

Professor of Neurology, University of Minnesota Medical School; Associate Physician, Department of Neurology, Hennepin County Medical Center

Ronald Cranford, MD, a neurologist and medical ethicist, is Assistant Chief in Neurology at the Hennepin County Medical Center (HCMC), Minneapolis, Minnesota; Professor of Neurology, University of Minnesota Medical School; and Faculty Associate, Center for Bioethics, University of Minnesota. He was Director of the Neurological Intensive Care Unit at the Hennepin County Medical Center from 1971 to 1991.

Dr. Cranford has specialized in the field of clinical ethics since the early 1970s. During this time, he served as a consultant to several national commissions on right-to-die issues. These included the President's Commission for the Study of Ethical Problems in Medicine and Biomedical and Behavioral Research, primarily the reports on "Defining Death" and "Deciding to Forego Life-Sustaining Treatment" and the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws on the Uniform Determination of Death Act and the Uniform Rights of the Terminally Ill Act. He was a member of the panel that formulated the Hastings Center's "Guidelines on Termination of Treatment and the Care of the Dying" and the project consultant to the National Center of State Courts' project on "Guidelines for State Court Decision Making in Authorizing or Withholding Life-Sustaining Medical Treatment." Recently, he was co-chairman of the Multisociety Task Force on Medical Aspects of the Persistent Vegetative State.

[concerned about politics]

Certainly not the notorious euthanasia champion Dr. Ronald Cranford! This is a man who most certainly has a horse in this race, and cannot possibly give an unbiased diagnosis or evaluation.

Yep. A very pro-death speaker for the Hemloch society. A kill the useless eaters guy.

Also, the autopsy is to be done by a man chosen by Michael and his lawyer!!!! See post #3 !!!!

[jazzlite]

"Who is the "respected neurologist" to whom you refer?

Certainly not the notorious euthanasia champion Dr. Ronald Cranford! This is a man who most certainly has a horse in this race, and cannot possibly give an unbiased diagnosis or evaluation."

He is up to his ears in "biomedical ethics." Translation--Euthanasia salesman.