TY - JOUR T1 - The challenge of Terri Schiavo: lessons for bioethics JF - Journal of Medical Ethics JO - J Med Ethics SP - 376 LP - 378 DO - 10.1136/jme.2005.012419 VL - 31 IS - 7 AU - T Koch Y1 - 2005/07/01 UR - http://jme.bmj.com/content/31/7/376.abstract N2 - This essay reviews a range of issues arising from the complex case of Terri Schiavo and the lessons the case raises for bioethicists. It argues that embedded in the case is a broader controversy than is immediately evident, one involving the definitions by which bioethics judge cases of extreme physical and psychological limits, in its principled form of address. Further, it argues that bioethicists who assume the issues involved in the case are settled miss the point of the emotional responses it has brought forth. ER -