The problenm with youor thesis is that what you calim were Terri's wishes, ARE HEARSAY.
Tell me if it was your daughtrer and her husband NEVER said ONE word about her"wishes", after she got sick, until YEARS after she was ill, and AFTER, IMMEDIATELY after he/she received over 1 MILLION $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
Doesn't take a rocket scientist to go hmmmmmmmm????????????
If there was a living will, all of this media attention would not be here. There wasn't, so the next best thing was the statements of the next of kin, Michael. Terri's family opposed his will, so they went to court. The Schindlers had two people testify about Terri's wishes at the age of 11-12, while the Schiavos had three people testify about Terri's wishes as an adult.
Michael Schiavo stood to gain his wife's lawsuit money when she died, if he was her guardian. The Schindlers stood to gain that money if they were her guardians after they convinced Michael to "move on" and marry someone else and let Terri die while they were her guardians. Sounds like money-grubbing vultures to me.
In the same situation as Michael, I would do the same thing. The whole issue is about the patient's final end of life desire. Terri said she didn't want to be kept alive by artificial means, the way she is now. There's no question that she would want to die by removal of life support. The ending is good because it honors her wishes.