It's a tough issue, for sure. And unless you have been directly involved, you don't know "all" the facts.

One point, though, even if you have an advanced care directive, make sure that it specifies that any monies from lawsuit, insurance etc go to what YOU want it to: your rehab or your spouse, children whatever.

Another thing to keep in mind on this specific case: It was in FLORIDA. The insurance companies have the legal system and the medical system IN THEIR POCKETS. Even the few lawyers who try and represent victims are unable to lobby effectively against the rest.

For me, having the families fighting over details after her death, about her burial, that is brutal. The idea of a quick autopsy and cremation sounds decidedly like other strange cases... and why NOT allow a Catholic mass? I don't get it. No, wait, I DO get the greedy, selfishness, and decrepid society we live in today.

Terri, at least, no longer suffers. I'd bet she and the Pope are chattin as we speak...