[Moral Hazard]

"Shiavo who is brain-dead, can have feeding tubes removed
from her tomorrow by her husband....."

Genius. If Shiavo was "brain-dead" she would be on life-support, and removing the feeding tube wouldn't even be necessary.

[elli1]

If she was 'brain-dead', she would have been dead-dead a long time ago. A dead brain is necrotic tissue. By definition, someone who can breathe and is not on a respirator canNOT be 'brain-dead'--with the possible exception of some 'journalists' and 'news readers'.