Another Opportunity Taken to Suggest: Unlike Terri Schiavo Case

By Carrie K. Hutchens

I was reading, “Brain-Injured Man Speaks After 6 Years” by Malcolm Ritter, AP Science Writer, (New York – Aug 1, 2007 -AP) and I just knew somewhere in the article, it was going to suggest that this case was unlike Terri Schiavo’s. Had to read almost to the end, but as faithful as the sun coming up every morning and going down every evening — there it was. “He noted that a similar treatment did not help Terri Schiavo, the Florida woman in a vegetative state whose care triggered national controversy before her death in 2005. That’s the typical outcome for electrical brain stimulation in vegetative states, he said.” (Full Article)

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