THE CASE OF TERRI SCHIAVO
Hospice Foundation of America has devoted 23 years to understanding and helping to shape the moral/ethical/clinical issues in helping people to die well. With respect to the issues seen in the Schiavo case, we have developed a wide range of resources to foster understanding by consumers and health care professionals. We have organized many of those resources here and hope they will be of use to you.
- New Presentation:
Bioethics Research at The Hastings Center - Garrison Colloquium: The Long
Dying of Terri Schiavo—Private Tragedy, Public Danger
-by Bruce Jennings - Why is Hospice Involved in the Schiavo Case?
-HFA Position Paper
-Commentary, Arthur Kaplan, MSNBC
-Statement of Caring by The Hospice of the Florida Suncoast (PDF) - What are the Clinical Issues?
-Withholding of Nutrition and Hydration
-Myths of Dying
-Myths of Pain
-Signs of Approaching Death - HFA Writings and Media Interviews on the Schiavo Case
- Schiavo Time Line
- Information on Living Wills and Advanced
Directives
-What is Advance Care Planning?
-The Instruments of Advance Care Planning (Advance Directives)
-Preparing Advance Directive Documents
-Barriers to Doing Advance Care Planning
-Identifying Health Care Preferences
-The Role of the Health Care Surrogate - HFA Resources
- Additional Resources
