Terri Schiavo and Estelle Browning were both used by George Felos and James Barnhill to further the pro-death cause.
According to an article in the Minnesota Medical Association's monthly publication ,PULSE,June 2005, Volume 88: ".. 2001, when the call came from James Barnhill, M.D., a Tampa Florida, neurologist, asking if he might be interested in examining a young woman for a court hearing, Cranford said yes. He knew the issue at stake - who should make the final decision for the patient - was important, but he had no idea at the time that the case of young Terri Schiavo was poised to move from the courtroom to the newsroom to Congress...There was to be an evidentiary hearing in 2002 involving five experts..." Publications - Pulse
http://abstractappeal.com/schiavo/trialctorder02-00.pdf
That's right! The same Dr. James Barnhill who diagnosed Terri as being PVS. And the same Barnhill, who along with George Felos,played a main part in the Estelle Browning Case.
http://www.law.fsu.edu/library/flsupct/74174/74174amicus2.pdf
In 1998, James Barnhill saw Terri for 10 minutes and told Judge George Greer that she had no chance of recovery. Despite that claim later being refuted by multiple doctors and experts on caring for incapacitated patients, Greer accepted Barnhill's prognosis.
http://abstractappeal.com/schiavo/trialctorder02-00.pdf
So. Originally, Terri's fate was decided, based solely on the testimony of one MD, James Barnhill, whose office was/is on Main Street in Dunedin,Florida right next door to pro-death attorney George Felos' office. Read
Neighbors
Directions From George Felos' office at 595 Main Street, Dunedin, FL 34698 TO James H. Barnhill's address at601 Main Street, Dunedin FL 34698 and got this map:
Driving Directions from 595 Main St, Dunedin, FL to 601 Main St, Dunedin, FL
Less than a year before Terri's feeding tube was removed on March 18 2005,George Felos and James Barnhill went on a seven day Night Western Caribbean Cruise Round Trip from Tampa-Jan 24- 31, 2004. According to the continuing Education site:
The purpose of this educational activity is to examine the legal requirements for advance directives and discuss the counseling of patients to ensure end of life preferences
http://www.continuingeducation.net/coursedetails.php?program_number=167&PHPSESSID=2373b48860dff3d9d4b8a8d89e0cdbe8
Then from January 3-8, 2006, George Felos and James Barnhill went on a 5-Night Bahamas Cruise from Ft. Lauderdale,FL. According to the Continuing Education site:
The purpose of this CME activity is to examine the legal requirements for advance directives and discuss the professional’s role in the management of end of life care.
http://www.continuingeducation.net/coursedetails.php?program_number=310
AND GUESS WHAT FOLKS!
On September 9, 2006, George Felos and his pro-death buddy James Barnhill will be going on another cruise to Hawaii for a week [Sept. 9-16,2006].According to the Continuing Education site:
The purpose of this CME activity is to recognize the potential for
legal concerns in medical practice with particular emphasis on End-of-Life planning.
http://www.continuingeducation.net/coursedetails.php?program_number=462&PHPSESSID=368eab6bac9d95a7985eb431415fbb10