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Neurological disorders, affective bioethics, and the nervous system: reconsidering the Schiavo case from a materialist perspective.
Med Humanit
September 2020
Anthropology, Binghamton University, Binghamton, NY 13902, USA
This article proposes a novel approach to bioethics, referred to as "affective bioethics", which draws on traditions in anthropology, science and technology studies, disability studies, and Spinozist materialism. By focusing on the case of Michael and Terri Schiavo, in which Terri's personhood and subjectivity are challenged by dominant forms of neurological reductivism in the USA, this article suggests that approaching her condition as a set of relations with the people in her life and her socio-technical environment may have helped to develop new ways to conceptualise personhood and subjectivity moving beyond the view of her as a non-person. Drawing on Michael Schiavo's memoir of his legal battles, and Terri's diagnosis and care, this article shows how Terri's connections to the world disrupt American ideas about the isolatable individual as the basis for personhood and subjectivity.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFInclusive Discourse? Local Media Coverage of the Terri Schiavo Case.
Sociol Spectr
January 2015
Department of Sociology, University of Texas, Austin, Texas, USA.
This article contributes to a more systematic understanding of the role of mainstream media in deliberative processes by analyzing how inclusive local newspapers are of diverse perspectives on the Terri Schiavo case. Using both Pearson's chi-square test and multinomial logistic regression, we assess how ownership, state political ideology, geographic location, and news format affect what ideas are included in the debate over whether Terri Schiavo's hydration and nutrition tubes should be removed as well as the tone with which these ideas are discussed. We find that mainstream newspapers are relatively inclusive of diverse ideas and perspectives-regardless of whether the newspaper is independently or corporately owned, the political leanings of the target audience, and the geographic location of the outlet.
View Article and Find Full Text PDF[Artificial nutrition: technical, scientific and ethical considerations].
Recenti Prog Med
February 2015
Artificial nutrition (AN) is a relatively new medical treatment which started in the 1960 with parenteral nutrition (PN) and over the last 20 years has come to include enteral nutrition (EN) in hospitals and homes. Enormous clinical progress and continual evolution in techniques aimed at rendering organ funtion substitution more complete and efficient have come to the point where AN can only be suitably performed (indications for therapy, treatment regimen and monitoring) in specialized institutions. However, there has been much discussion about whether artificial nutrition should be considered a medical intervention or an essential intervention of care: in 2004 the Terri Schiavo case became worldwide news and the suspension of AN was decided by the law courts.
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Trends Neurosci
August 2014
National Core for Neuroethics, Division of Neurology, Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia Hospital, 2211 Wesbrook Mall, Vancouver BC, V6T 2B5, Canada. Electronic address:
Discovery and interventions for neurological disorders have a unique capacity to galvanize public opinion over issues of access, human rights, decision making, and the definition of disease. Here we highlight five cases where beliefs and politics prevailed over evidence and ethics. We examine lessons from them about the communication of risk and the power of public influence on science, society, and policy.
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November 2013
Terri Schiavo Life & Hope Network, Narberth, PA, USA.
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