Dallas Morning News |
As brain-dead pair’s hearts beat, their families’ hearts break
Dallas Morning News A person who has received a brain-death diagnosis cannot breathe on his or her own and is legally dead in all 50 states. In two states, New York and New Jersey, hospitals must take into account the family’s religious or moral views in deciding how to … |
Understanding brain death vs. states of consciousnessUSA TODAYA look at some of the differences between states of consciousness and brain death: Brain death: These patients are no longer alive. There has been an irreversible cessation of all activity i…
Times of India |
Caplan: The case against care for those who are brain dead
Newsday To keep Jahi’s body on machines is ethically wrong because definitive brain death is death and maintaining a corpse by artificial means is only slowing the inevitable decay and collapse of bodily remains. Jahi’s case is different from that of a … At Issue in 2 Wrenching Cases: What to Do After the Brain DiesNew York Times Mercury News editorial: Jahi McMath story demonstrates Americans need to talk …San Jose Mercury News Jahi McMath family attorney fires back at medical ethics criticsLos Angeles Times NBC Bay Area –Times of India all 78 news articles » |
Billings Neurologist discusses brain deathKTVQ Billings NewsBILLINGS – A 13-year-old girl, Jahi McMath, was declared brain dead after suffering complications from sleep apnea. Her case has sparked a national debate. At the heart of that debate lies the…
BET |
At Issue in 2 Wrenching Cases: What to Do After the Brain Dies
New York Times In another way, the cases are identical: both families have been shocked to learn that a loved one was declared brain-dead — and that hospital officials defied the family’s wishes for treatment. Their wrenching stories raise questions about how brain … Caplan: The case against care for those who are brain deadNewsday Jahi McMath family attorney fires back at medical ethics criticsLos Angeles Times Mercury News editorial: Jahi McMath story demonstrates Americans need to talk …San Jose Mercury News NBC Bay Area –Chippewa Herald –TheImproper.com all 78 news articles » |
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The Science Behind Brain Death
New York Times In another way, the cases are identical: both families have been shocked to learn that a loved one was declared brain-dead — and that hospital officials defied the family’s wishes for treatment. Their wrenching stories raise questions about how brain … Caplan: The case against care for those who are brain deadNewsday Other View: Blurring the line between life and deathChippewa Herald Ethicists criticize treatment of brain-dead patientsUSA TODAY New York’s PIX11 / WPIX-TV all 14 news articles » |
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What ‘Brain-Dead’ Means
CBS Local “Typically, brain death starts with some sort of devastating neurologic injury,” Tawil says. “That can come in many different forms.” They include traumatic brain injury, a stroke caused by a ruptured blood vessel in the brain, or if the heart has … |
San Francisco Chronicle |
‘Inevitable’: As Jahi McMath deteriorates, brain-death case nears end
Los Angeles Times Dresser also served on a presidential bioethics council that in 2008 reaffirmed “whole-brain death” as legal death. Brain cells die without blood flow and autopsies in such cases have shown the brain liquefies. In the court declaration filed by Flori … At Issue in 2 Wrenching Cases: What to Do After the Brain DiesNew York Times Case of Jahi McMath raises questions about life after brain deathNBCNews.com (blog) Lawyer: Brain-dead teen Jahi McMath ‘improving’ under ‘optimistic’ doctors’ careCNN KAJ18 Kalispell Montana News –Newsday all 351 news articles » |
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Lawyer: Brain-dead teen Jahi McMath ‘improving’ under ‘optimistic’ doctors’ care
CNN Some medical ethicists have said the case has fed into a misperception that “brain death” is not death; that somehow, the body can live on, and that is life. It’s also sparked fierce emotion, and that is another reason the family is keeping quiet about … |
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No Bum’s Rush to Declaring Brain Death!
National Review Online (blog) This is a good example why people are losing trust in the health care system. Over at CNN, medical producer Stephanie Smith writes a story arguing that we should do away with second opinions in determining brain death. From, “Repeat Exams for Brain … |