Guardian Liberty VoiceBrain Death Broken DownGuardian Liberty VoiceDeath death migrated from the obituary section of the newspaper to the front page in recent weeks. In Oakland, California, a 13-year-old girl named Jahi McMath had been declared brain-d…
Guardian Liberty Voice |
Brain Death Woman’s Fetus is ‘Distinctly Abnormal’
Guardian Liberty Voice Brain Death Woman’s Foetus is ‘Distinctly Abnormal’ The ongoing case of Marlise Munoz, the pregnant Texas woman being kept on life support after brain death, took a tragic turn yesterday with the release of medical records by attorneys acting on her … Even in Death, Abortion Politics Never Goes AwayNew Yorker (blog) Laws about life and deathThe Economist Attorneys: Brain-Dead Woman’s Fetus ‘Abnormal’ABC News Latinos Post all 236 news articles » |
|
‘Vegetative state,’ not ‘brain death‘ concept least understandable, quiz …
ModernHealthcare.com (blog) Experts interviewed about two brain-dead patients being kept alive amid legal battles told Modern Healthcare that physicians and hospital leaders may not have a firm grasp on the terms commonly used to describe disorders of consciousness. So we created … |
Laws about life and deathThe EconomistA 2010 review of several countries by researchers at the University of Heidelberg found only 30 reported cases of brain death during pregnancy since 1982. Terminal illness is more common. A woman with advanced canc…
ABC News |
Attorneys: Brain-Dead Woman’s Fetus ‘Abnormal’
ABC News Several experts have said the Texas Advance Directives Act doesn’t apply in this case because Marlise Munoz, having suffered brain death, is legally and medically dead — a key argument in Erick Munoz’s lawsuit. Munoz previously told the AP he wasn’t … Family of Pregnant Latina with Brain Death Sues Texas Hospital for Keeping Her …Latinos Post Attorneys Confirm The Brain Dead Texas Woman’s Fetus Suffers From Severe …ThinkProgress Attorneys: Brain Dead Woman’s Fetus Is ‘Distinctly Abnormal’TIME |
Philly.com |
States vary on brain-death laws
Philly.com FILE – This undated file photo provided by the McMath family and Omari Sealey shows Jahi McMath. McMath remains on life support at Children’s Hospital Oakland after doctors declared her brain dead, following a supposedly routine tonsillectomy. (AP … Little Girl Is Brain Dead: Don’t Give Family False HopeMedscape Death Has Become a ChoiceHuffington Post How Do You Define Death?Northeast Indiana Public Radio LifeNews.com –Los Angeles Times all 10 news articles » |
New Yorker (blog) |
Even in Death, Abortion Politics Never Goes Away
New Yorker (blog) Brain death, though defined slightly differently throughout the country, has been accepted as actual and legal death for decades. There is no controversy about McMath’s status; the doctors and the coroner agree. Dr. Heidi Flori, a critical-care … Family of Pregnant Latina with Brain Death Sues Texas Hospital for Keeping Her …Latinos Post The cruellest pregnancySydney Morning Herald |
Latinos PostBrain death, pregnancy and ethics: the case of Marlise MunozThe ConversationBrain death, pregnancy and ethics: the case of Marlise Munoz. In November, 33-year-old Texas woman Marlise Munoz collapsed at her Fort Worth home after suffering a …
|
McMath attorney: Jahi’s family aren’t fools; they deserve better than ignorant …
Los Angeles Times In New Jersey and New York, for example, there is accommodation for those who do not accept “brain death” as the appropriate criterion. According to New Jersey law, “the death of an individual shall not be declared upon the basis of neurological … |
Latinos Post |
Family of Pregnant Latina with Brain Death Sues Texas Hospital for Keeping Her …
Latinos Post The family of Marlise Muñoz sued the John Peters Smith hospital in Texas for keeping Marlise connected to artificial respirators weeks she suffered cerebral death due to a state law that forbids the hospital from disconnecting her due to her pregnancy. The Cruelest PregnancyNew York Times |