You know, things like what happened in Florida to Terri Shiavo, can happen in any state...its just not Florida...I dont live there, but I do know, that feeding tubes are pulled in other states as well...
About Florida....my husbands uncle and his aunt have lived in Florida, for almost 35yrs...they live in Clearwater...late last year my husbands aunt, in her 80s, had to be admitted to a hospital for a particular problem, and from there went to a nursing home...the problem she had, was such that the doctors advised her and her husband, that she should have a feeding tube inserted...and it was...the feeding tube did fail to resolve the problem, and what with complications and such the aunt died...but the doctors were aggressive in treating her, were adamant that she receive a feeding tube, and they received the best care possible...the doctors did not care that the aunt was in her 80s, and elderly, they did everything to save her...
I am sure that good things and bad things happen in every single hospital and nursing home, and hospice in every single state...
I dont know for sure, but I would tend to believe, that wherever Terri Shiavo may have been, the end result may have been the same....
I for one, dont believe that Terri Shiavos feeding tube should have been removed..I do believe that she should have been given over to the care of her parents...
But if you really think, that what happened to Terri could happen only in Florida, or that Florida is an exception, I think you are wrong...what happened to Terri could have just as well have happened in another state...
Sadly, I believe you are correct about this happening in other places as well.
I think that the very scary reality of this whole tragedy is that there is a majority of the population in this nation that really sees nothing wrong with what was done to Terri. They thought that she was worthless and not a "contributor" to society. I'll tell you one thing, this woman definitely contributed to my life!
I would have no other reason to pick on Florida, knowing my old state of Oregon followed similar paths as did other states I travel. Oh, yes I have lived in Florida, too, even way back in the '40's and more recently, so I have a semblence of baseline for comparison.
But Florida is a special case and glares like a beacon outshining the rest of the states on this issue. And, the bad vibes center in my experience is Clearwater, itself.
What happened to Terri certainly could have happened in other states and likely has countless times over. But in Florida, it was egregious, in-your-face murder and that is what brings the limelight to sunny Florida.