[Jim Noble]

I have been involved with dying patients since 1976.

Every single law or regulation passed since then (and they are, by now, innumerable) has made the situation worse.

Those who say, don't know and those who know, don't say.

[syriacus]

Every single law or regulation passed since then (and they are, by now, innumerable) has made the situation worse.

I agree that statutes can certainly make things worse.

In Terri's case, the situation was made worse by the 1999 Florida statute that changed feeding by a tube from "ordinary" care to "medical treatment."