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He frames the decision around Terri’s earlier expressed wish not to be kept alive on artificial means if anything happened to her.","Answer",{"name":65,"@type":60,"acceptedAnswer":66},"What do Terri’s parents argue during the dispute?",{"text":67,"@type":63},"Robert and Mary Schindler insist Terri shows signs of life and should be given every chance to recover, regardless of how long it takes. They disagree with Michael’s choice and keep pursuing legal avenues.",{"name":69,"@type":60,"acceptedAnswer":70},"How did “Terri’s Law” affect the case?",{"text":71,"@type":63},"A law passed by Florida’s legislature, nicknamed “Terri’s Law,” allowed the governor to override a court ruling that permitted tube removal. 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struggled withthe decision,he said that when Terri was  \n25,she told him she didn't want to be keptalive \"on anything artificial\"if anythingever happened to her.After seeing Terriscondition remain the same year after year,Michael came to believe what doctors hadbeen telling him all along:Terri wasn'tgoing to get better.So he began his questto remove her feeding tube.  \nTerris parents.Robert and MarySchindler,vehemently disagree withMichael's decision.They insist that Terrishows signs oflife and say she should begiven every chance to recover,no matterhow long it takes.  \n# Fighting for Terri\n\nMichael and his in-laws have been lockedin an emotional courtroom drama overTerris fate for six years.Their lawyershave argued appeal after appeal,and theissue has sparked nationwide debate.  \nThe case may have hit its final turningpoint.On September 23.the Florida  \nThere is a common bond that unites almost all doc-tors today—the Hippocratic oath.Based on the  \nideals of Hippocrates(about 460-377 B.C.),aGreek physician,the oathdemands that physicianstreat the sick to the best oftheir ability,preservepatient privacy,and passon medical knowledge tothe next generation.  \nHippocrates (examining  \na skull at right)is called the \"father of medicine.\"In  \nhis time,sick Greeks prayed for their health at tem-  \nples dedicated to Asclepius,the god of medicine and  \nMary Schindler caresses her daughterTerri's face.  \nSupreme Court overturned a law quicklypassed by the Florida state legislature inOctober 2003 preventing Michael fromremoving Terris feeding tube  \nNicknamed \"Terris Law,\"the legisla-tion allowed Florida Gov.Jeb Bush tooverride a Florida circuit court's rulingthat gave Michael permission to removeTerri's feeding tube.Bush signed the lawsix days after the tube had been removed.Doctors then reinserted the tube.  \nThe Florida Supreme Court ruled onthe constitutionality of Terris Law andBush's actions—not on Terri's situation.The justices said Bush had violated the  \ninficted and cured by the gods and instead insistedthat there were natural explanations.He supportedthe four humors theory,which said that the bodywas made up of four main components,or humors,that needed to remain in balance for a person tostay healthy.The humors were blood,phlegm,yel-low bile,and black bile.Hippocrates believed thatoutside forces could disturb the humors'balanceand make people sick.Although the theory waseventually proved wrong,Hippocrates's idea thatoutside forces cause illness was accurate.  \nHippocrates advised his students to writedetailed descriptions of patients'symptoms.Oneof the works in the collection of writings byHippocrates and his students advised:\"The doctorshould look at the patient's face.If he looks hisusual self,this is a good sign.If not,however,thefollowing are bad signs—sharp nose,hollow eyes,cold ears,dry skin on the forehead,strange facecolor such as green,black,red,or lead-colored.\"  \nhealing.Patients would sleep in the temples,hopingThrough careful notations of symptoms,that Asclepius would visit in a dream and cure them.Hippocrates accurately described many ilnesses,Asclepius was often depicted as a bearded man including pneumonia,tuberculosis,arthritis,who caried,a staff encircled by a snake,so priests mumps,malaria,and epilepsy.  \nput nonpoisonous snakes in the temples to sither Regardless of a patient's ilness,Hippocratesabout the sick people as they slept.usually gave the same prescription that doctorsHippocrates had no patience for Asclepius's today stil tand by:Get plenty of rest and fresh air,snakes—he rejected the belief that ilnesses were stay clean,and eat a healthful diet.  \nseparation of powers guaranteed by theFlorida Constitution.They said the gov-ernor does not have the power to overrulea court decision.  \n\"Our hearts can fully comprehend thegrief so fully demonstrated by Theresa'sfamily members,\"wrote Chief 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