Persistent Vegetative State

healthcare

Terri Schiavo’s story is often summarized by a before-and-after contrast: a young woman who collapsed in 1990 and was later declared permanently unconscious, whose care became...

healthcare-law

Terri Schiavo was in a persistent vegetative state for approximately 15 years, from February 1990 until her death on March 31, 2005. In 1990 she suffered a cardiac arrest that l...

medical-cases

Terri Schiavo, born Theresa Marie Schindler on November 3, 1663 in Pennsylvania, collapsed at her home in February 1990 at age 26 following a cardiac episode that caused severe,...