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What did the coroner's report declare about Terri Schiavo? - ✔✔She needed a feeding tube
to live and could not have been fed by mouth.
Why did Judge Greer rule that the feeding tube of Terri Schiavo could be withdrawn at the
request of her husband Michael Schiavo? - ✔✔Michael had met the legal standard in that
jurisdiction of clear and convincing evidence about Terri's wishes.
Which of the following is a TRUE statement about the chances of awakening of a patient in a
persistent vegetative state (PVS)? - ✔✔Patients are more likely to awaken from PVS caused
by trauma than by anoxia.
At the start of the first Quinlan hearing, a question that was begged by the inexperienced
young lawyer was: - ✔✔whether Mr. Quinlan's desire to remove Karen from her ventilator
represented Karen's own, best interests.
Identify a TRUE statement about the Quinlan case. - ✔✔Karen lost her brain function from a
synergistic reaction of barbiturates, benzodiazepines, and alcohol taken on an empty stomach.
Which of the following standards of brain death would allow the MOST organs
for transplantation? - ✔✔Cognitive
, In its Cruzan decision, the United States Supreme Court decided that: - ✔✔a state may not pass
a law that restricts the rights of competent patients to refuse treatment, even if such refusal
leads to death.
About how many years did Terri Schiavo exist in PVS before her death? - ✔✔15
Why did the courts finally allow Nancy Cruzan to die? - ✔✔In a new hearing in a lower court,
additional people testified about Nancy's wishes before her coma and the legal standard was
then met.
In reference to the case of Terri Schiavo, dissident neurologists claimed that she had been
misdiagnosed. They claimed that her true diagnosis was: - ✔✔minimally conscious state.
In the Quinlan case, the New Jersey Supreme Court ruled in favor of the Quinlans. How did
the hospital administrator respond? - ✔✔She refused to implement the decision.
Identify a TRUE statement about a partial birth abortion. - ✔✔It is performed especially
just before birth.
Which of these is FALSE about the case of Kenneth Edelin? - ✔✔He performed the abortion
two days before the birth of the fetus, a partial birth abortion.
Which of these is false about abortion laws in America? - ✔✔The U.S. Supreme Court has
allowed a state to pass a law giving a father of a fetus veto over a woman's decision to
abort her fetus.
Which of these is NOT part of the Roe v. Wade decision? - ✔✔Requirement that a state
bans abortions after viability
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