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      • Doctors blame her eating disorder for the tragedy that befell her in the early hours of Feb. 25, 1990. Awakened by a thud, Michael found Terri, then 26, lying in the hallway, making a gurgling sound. She had suffered cardiac arrest, probably provoked by bulimic purging that generated a severe potassium deficiency.
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  3. www.mayoclinicproceedings.org › article › S0025-6196The Terri Schiavo Saga: The Making of a Tragedy and Lessons ...

    PDF. On March 31, 2005, a 41-year-old woman, Theresa Marie Schiavo (born December 3, 1963), died, the final complication of a cardiac arrest on February 25, 1990. Her illness and death had been the focus of a major medical, legal, theological, ethical, political, and social controversy, a controversy that continues.

  4. www.forbes.com › sites › monicamercuriIs ‘Suncoast’ A True Story? The Real Doris And Terri Schiavo ...

    Feb 13, 2024 · Learn about the real-life Doris and the highly publicized Terri Schiavo legal case depicted in the movie. Is Hulu’s coming-of-age film “Suncoast” a true story?

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  6. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Terri_Schiavo_caseTerri Schiavo case - Wikipedia

    Schiavo's was called Terri: The Truth, while the Schindlers' was titled A Life that Matters: The Legacy of Terri Schiavo – A Lesson for Us All. [8] Despite the extended emotion-laden legal struggle, the case broke no new legal ground: it remains settled law that the spouse is the next of kin in decisions where the patient is incompetent.

  7. med.nyu.edu › departments-institutes › populationLife, Death, and the Terri Schiavo Case - NYU Langone Health

    In 1990, Terri Schiavo suffered cardiac rest, depriving her brain of oxygen. She spent the next 15 years in a persistent vegetative state. In 2005, after a protracted legal battle, Terri was disconnected from life support and subsequently died.

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  8. www.nytimes.com › 2014/04/21 › usFrom Private Ordeal to National Fight: The Case of Terri Schiavo

    Apr 20, 2014 · For 15 years, Terri Schiavo was effectively a slave — slave to an atrophied brain that made her a prisoner in her body, slave to bitter fighting between factions of her family, slave to...

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  9. www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov › pmc › articlesA death in the family: Reflections on the Terri Schiavo case

    Apr 4, 2005 · Unable to agree on how to move forward, Schiavo's husband and parents sought remedy in the courts. On Feb. 25, 1990, Terri Schiavo suffered a cardiac arrest caused by hypokalemia induced by an eating disorder. 2 Severe anoxic encephalopathy ensued. Several months after the incident, computed tomography revealed severe atrophy of both cerebral ...

  10. www.nejm.org › doi › fullTerri Schiavo — A Tragedy Compounded | New England Journal of ...

    Apr 21, 2005 · The story of Terri Schiavo should be disturbing to all of us. How can it be that medicine, ethics, law, and family could work so poorly together in meeting the needs of this woman who was left...