All the scans and most of the interviews with TS said she was in a PVS. The autopsy was basically supposed to say that, yes, her cerebral cortex had shrivelled to almost nothing, meaning she had no "higher functions" and was basically in a PVS. They could have simply weighed her brain, compared it to the average weight of the brain of a woman her size, and made the determination that the lost weight was cerebral cortex and determined the percent of atrophy, or something close to that. And yes no 2 cases are alike, but while looking into her case, I also read about other cases, and as I said, think I can make a rational versus an emotional decision should the need arise.
Same here. And FWIW, I think TS really would have wanted to die and would have been horrified at seeing her face in her state plastered all over newspapers and TV.