Besides it contradicts other reports that show a steady rise in concern for living wills. But facts can wait when an agenda needs pushing or a rising tide of public interest needs capping.
They wish...
What is the legacy of the Terri Schiavo case?
Officials at both Doylestown Hospital and the University of Pennsylvania Health System noticed an increase just after her death in the number of people writing living wills. But it has subsided, they say.
The legal impact of the case has waned
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Visits to the Internet site for the U.S. Living Will Registry - where advance directives can be stored for quick access by doctors and family members - increased from 500 a day to 50,000 a day when the Schiavo case was in the headlines last year. It has leveled off to about 2,500 day, but the number of registered documents is up to 40,000 from 10,000 a year ago.
Living wills gaining popularity since Schiavo's death
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In Florida, living wills are not even required. Judge Greer has a little death factory and gift shop going at the Sixth Circuit Court Pinellas County.
Oh, and his awards case full of trophies for pulling off the crime of the century.
www.judgegeorgegreer.com (an incompetent judge with a lot of power can go really far in Florida).