title: Terri Schiavo--a tragedy compounded.
authors.affiliation: Center for Palliative Care and Clinical Ethics at the University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY, USA.
authors.forename: Timothy E
authors.initials: TE
authors.lastname: Quill
mesh_terms: D016223:Advance Directives / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D034462:Dissent and Disputes; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007872:Legal Guardians / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D008020:Life Support Care / Q000941:ethics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D010290:Parents; D018458:Persistent Vegetative State / Q000175:diagnosis*; D012297:Right to Die / Q000941:ethics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D018454:Spouses; D020458:Third-Party Consent / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D014481:United States; D028761:Withholding Treatment / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*