Posted on 03/23/2005 12:33:00 PM PST by teenyelliott
good post thanks
Wow, thanks. You are right, everyone should read this. It supports her husband's case, not many FReepers will like it.
They "Appear startled" and "Appear to track movement" How convenient. Terri is presumed a vegetable and all human behaviours are ignored.
"Eating and drinking are not unconscious processes. Therefore, Theresa's neurological status is directly linked to her ability to swallow."
The whole problem with this statement is that if she could not swallow, she would have aspirated saliva into her lungs by now, and died. This has not happened. She has been observed swallowing her own saliva, meaning the tests were either mistaken, or improperly done.
Anybody know who this judge is? The Michael crowd is pretty incestuous. Sounds good, but so did Dan Rather.
Thanks for the post it's worth the read. Good luck though.
There was no evidence of abuse because the justice system has never even bothered to investigate what really happened.
No, it's not the judge writing this. It's "Jay Wolfson, DrPH, JD, Guardian Ad Litem for Theresa Marie Schiavo 1 December 2003".
ping for later
Thanks for posting this. I hope everyone reads it.
Lies, misdirections and more lies.
Timeline -- check out 1992, 1993 and 1997 :
http://www.terrisfight.net/timeline.html
Scroll to the bottom of the next link to see how most of Terri's money was spent by Michael on lawyers to kill her.
http://www.terrisfight.net/myths.html
And check out the affidavit of the nurse:
http://www.terrisfight.net/documents/CIyerAffidavit090203.htm
The guardian they appointed is a euthansia advocate, Terri's parents objected to him in the first place.
Who's this Terri Schiavo person I keep hearing about??
LOL, yeah, that's an impartial website all right.
Thanks for posting this.
WHO IS DR. JAY WOLFSON
TERRI SCHIAVO'S SOON TO BE APPOINTED GUARDIAN AD LITEM?
Who is this person that Judge Demer has appointed -- or will be appointing -- for Terri Schiavo? My God! More insanity. It seems to never end. Besides the attack on a secretary in 1994 here are some particulars on him: (our thanks to Eleanor for the research and following 'attack' article)
Dr. Jay Wolfson is director of the Florida Health Information Center at the University of South Florida in Tampa.
He is also a lawyer.
The University of South Florida is intimately connected to Hospice and Hospice of the Florida Suncoast (the corporate owner of the hospice where Terri was being dehydrated and starved, and where she is once again interned).
The USF website gives information on continuing professional education to be held November 6th by the University of South Florida's Center for Hospice, Palliative Care and End-of-Life Studies.
The University of South Florida, Dr. Jay Wolfson's employer, has a partnership with, among other hospice organizations, the Hospice of the Florida Suncoast.
http://64.233.179.104/search?q=cache:AuVYbsiH6pUJ:www.sweetliberty.org/bulletins/terri/wolfson.htm+Jay+Wolfson&hl=en&client=firefox-a
Jay Wolfson, DrPH, JD
Professor of Public Health and Medicine
University of South Florida
Jay Wolfson is Professor of Public Health and Medicine, Director of the Florida Health Information Center and Director of the Suncoast Center for Patient Safety at the University of South Florida in Tampa. He also is a Professor of Health Law at Stetson University College of Law, and Professor of Medicine at Florida State University.
He is the Co-Director of the Consortium for Law and Medicine, University of South Florida/ Stetson University College of Law and was designated as a member of the Medicare Competitive Pricing Review Committee through 2004. He serves as Associate Director of the National Patient Safety Center of Inquiry, Veterans Health Administration, VISN.
He has served as a trustee, vice chair and chair of finance of Tampa General Hospital for 12 years. He conducts research and writes about health care law, ethics, policy and finance and the role of employers in health cost management and health status promotion. Dr. Wolfson is actively involved inlocal, state and national policy analysis, legislative advisement and regulatory development and management. He was appointed Special Guardian Ad Litem for Theresa Marie Schiavo, reporting to Governor Bush and the Florida Courts and named Expert on Health Law, Finance and Policy by Florida Attorney General in matters relating to Dialysis Fraud and Abuse in Florida.
He holds a doctorate in public health from the University of Texas, a law degree from Stetson University College of Law, a master’s degree in public health from Indiana University, a master’s degree in history from New York University, and an undergraduate degree in history from the University of Illinois.
He has been named a Faculty Scholar to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, a Senior Fulbright Scholar at the University of Tokyo Medical School, and a W. K. Kellogg Fellow in Health Care Finance.
He directs a nationally recognized, federally funded program that provides care and services for women, children and families infected with or affected by HIV/AIDS, as well as one of 18 nationally designated, federally funded centers for patient safety research.
Dr. Wolfson also has a private health law practice.
AP Interview: Former Schiavo guardian calls for definitive
tests
Vickie Chachere
Associated Press
TAMPA, Fla. - Terri Schiavo should undergo a new examination by independent medical experts to put to rest lingering questions on whether she has any hope of recovery, the University of South Florida professor who had been her court-appointed advocate said Tuesday.
But before any tests are done, her warring husband and parents would have to agree to drop their life-or-death legal fight in favor of whichever side the medical evidence supports, Jay Wolfson told The Associated Press in his first interview on the case since serving as Terri Schiavo's guardian ad litem.
His comments come as the legal options of Terri Schiavo's parents have dwindled to two pending matters in state courts which have ruled against them before.
The U.S. Supreme Court refused Monday to consider a legal challenge to "Terri's Law," the measure pushed by Gov. Jeb Bush in October 2003 to keep Terri Schiavo alive after the courts had cleared the way for her death.
Wolfson served as Schiavo's guardian for two months 2003 under the auspices of "Terri's Law." He tried to broker an agreement between the two sides, but was unsuccessful.
Wolfson said it is not too late to revisit the original question in the long-running legal saga - is the 41-year-old woman disabled, or brain dead?
"There is so much at stake here, not just for Terri, but for the issue," said Wolfson, who is both a physician and a lawyer and serves as director of the Health Policy Information Center at USF.
"If we were serious about addressing this, we would say, 'What are the interests of the parties and how can we use science, medicine and good law to take away from the clouding factors in this case?'" he said.
Attorneys for her husband, Michael Schiavo, did not return calls for comment Tuesday. The suggestion of new independent medical review has been suggested, and rejected, by both sides at different stages in the case.
Barbara Weller, an attorney for parents Bob and Mary Schindler, said the offer of an independent medical panel was made by Michael Schiavo as late as the end of last year, but the Schindlers are hesitant to accept such a suggestion.
"The problem is finding truly neutral doctors," Weller said.
The Schindlers, who have been criticized by opposing attorneys for pursuing repeated appeals for their daughter, would prefer to settle the matter out of court, Weller said.
A hearing is scheduled for Friday on a motion in Florida Circuit Court in nearby Clearwater to set aside the decision granting Michael Schiavo permission to tell doctors to disconnect his wife's feeding tube. The Schindlers are arguing, in part, that Terri Schiavo should have had independent legal representation throughout the process.
Terri Schiavo suffered severe brain damage 15 years ago when her heart stopped beating because of a chemical imbalance.
She left no written directive and Michael Schiavo has said his wife would not have wanted to be kept alive artificially. But her parents dispute that she has no cognitive abilities, and say their daughter may be severely brain damaged but communicates with them and reacts to her environment.
Terri Schiavo breatheson her own, but requires a feeding tube for nutrition and hydration to keep her alive.
In 2002, Circuit Judge George Greer considered testimony from five medical experts who examined Terri Schiavo. Two were picked by Michael Schiavo, two by the Schindlers and one was independently selected by the judge.
That independent doctor reported there was no hope for her recovery.
Wolfson said that after examining her medical records, spending time with Terri Schiavo and consulting with experts nationwide, he, too, believes she is ina persistent vegetative state.
But even in his report to the courts, Wolfson wrote of the difficulties in reaching that conclusion, noting Terri Schiavo's "presence" when he was around her.
"Her eyes are not shut, she's breathing on her own and she makes noises," he said. "You want so much to say, 'Terri, give me a sign!' It's not a cucumber lying in a bed.
"The two sides were close to a deal when Michael Schiavo backed out, Wolfson said, saying he couldn't agree to anything Wolfson proposed because it came under the auspices of "Terri's Law," which Michael Schiavo was challenging as unconstitutional.
It was that law that came to its end Tuesday when the U.S. Supreme Court refused to consider it. The Florida Supreme Court had previously struck down the law as an unconstitutional.
Wolfson is not alone among experts in suggesting new, independent reviews of Terri Schiavo's condition.
Arthur Caplan, a director of the Center for Bioethics at the University of Pennsylvania and one of the nation's leading experts on end-of-life care, said last week he too believes a panel of independent doctors should have been asked to evaluate her.
"I don't know why that never happened," Caplan said. "It's been way too long to not have more, independent medical opinions about her diagnosis.
"Wolfson said the Schiavo case has the potential to drag on for years more as the parents continuously reframe their arguments in new legal filings.
"The process has not benefited anybody, it certainly has not benefited Terri,"Wolfson said.
AP Wire | 01/25/2005 | AP Interview: Former Schiavo guardian calls for definitive tests
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