title: Resolving the case of Terri Schiavo: a matter of being in a persistent vegetative state or of the patient's intent to forgo life-sustaining procedures?
authors.affiliation: Center for Health Care Ethics, USA.
authors.forename: Gerard
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Magill
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002410:Catholicism; D004750:Enteral Nutrition; D005260:Female; D005431:Florida; D006801:Humans; D007872:Legal Guardians; D008020:Life Support Care / Q000941:ethics* / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D010290:Parents; D018458:Persistent Vegetative State / Q000175:diagnosis; D018454:Spouses / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D028761:Withholding Treatment / Q000941:ethics* / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*