Department of Health Administration, College of Nursing and Health Professions, Drexel University, Friends Center, Philadelphia, PA 19102, USA.
Theor Med Bioeth. 2012 Dec;33(6):405-20. doi: 10.1007/s11017-012-9234-0.
The controversial case of Terri Schiavo came to a close on March 31, 2005, with her death following the removal of a percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy tube. This event followed years of controversy and social upheaval. Voices from across the entire political and cultural spectrums filled the airwaves and op-ed pages of major newspapers. Protests ensued outside of Ms. Schiavo's care facility. Ms. Schiavo's parents published videos of their daughter on the internet in an effort to prove that she was not in a vegetative state and could potentially recover. There is a certain mystery to the entire controversy given the fact that, legally, it was largely a matter of settled law. Precedent cases and legal statutes clearly set out the proper procedures and decisions to be followed in this case. Nonetheless, powerful challenges and virulent opposition to these standards arose. Through an investigation of this case as well as a comparative study of the case of Dax Cowart (in particular, the documentary depictions of Dax Cowart's case) and of a photograph by Joel-Peter Witkin, I plan to investigate the source of these social upheavals and hypothesize that they were largely the result of a phenomenological reaction to the human face.
特丽·夏沃的争议性案件于 2005 年 3 月 31 日结束，她在经皮内镜下胃造口管被移除后死亡。这一事件发生在多年的争议和社会动荡之后。来自整个政治和文化领域的声音充斥着广播和各大报纸的专栏版面。在夏沃女士的护理设施外举行了抗议活动。夏沃女士的父母在互联网上发布了他们女儿的视频，试图证明她没有处于植物人状态，并且有可能康复。考虑到法律上这在很大程度上是一个既定法律的问题，整个争议存在一定的神秘感。先例案件和法律法规明确规定了在这种情况下应遵循的适当程序和决定。尽管如此，仍出现了对这些标准的强烈挑战和强烈反对。通过对这个案例的调查，以及对 Dax Cowart 案例（特别是 Dax Cowart 案例的纪录片描述）和 Joel-Peter Witkin 的一张照片的比较研究，我计划调查这些社会动荡的根源，并假设它们主要是对人脸的现象学反应的结果。
