08Jan/14

When antiabortion law hurts a grieving family: Texas denies brain-dead … – Salon

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When antiabortion law hurts a grieving family: Texas denies brain-dead …
Salon
Writing in the Atlantic two years ago, he said that “Brain death isn’t a different type of death, and patients who meet the criteria of brain death are legally dead … it can be said with certainty that a brain dead individual is dead, the same as if …
Texas Husband Fights To Take Pregnant Wife Off Life SupportWIBW
Pregnant US woman kept on life support against family’s wishesThe Globe and Mail
Treating a woman as an incubatorSocialist Worker Online

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07Jan/14

Brain death not stopping organization from attempting to keep Jahi Mcmath alive – Examiner.com

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Examiner.com

Brain death not stopping organization from attempting to keep Jahi Mcmath alive
Examiner.com
The tragic case of Jahi McMath has reignited America’s debate over brain death. For those of you who have managed to miss this ongoing story, on December 9 of last year, the 13-year-old girl from Oakland underwent what should have been routine surgery …

07Jan/14

How brain-death is affecting Jahi McMath's body – The Morning Journal

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How brain-death is affecting Jahi McMath’s body
The Morning Journal
How brain-death is affecting Jahi McMath’s body. Attorney for the family of Jahi McMath, Christopher Dolan, tries to get Jahi’s mother Nailah Winkfield on the phone as Jahi’s uncle Omari Sealey waits for the press conference to begin at the Law Office …

07Jan/14

Jahi McMath: Family says brain-dead teen's body may be too deteriorated to save – San Jose Mercury News

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Jahi McMath: Family says brain-dead teen’s body may be too deteriorated to save
San Jose Mercury News
“The insult” of brain death “evokes profound physiological and structural derangements in the peripheral organs,” concluded Dr. Martin Gasser and his team in an Annals of Transplantation paper. Blood and other infections are likely, they wrote.

07Jan/14

Why brain dead means really dead – CNN

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CNN

Why brain dead means really dead
CNN
Both these situations are different from brain death: According to the Uniform Determination of Death Act, an individual is dead when he or she “has sustained either (1) irreversible cessation of circulatory and respiratory functions, or (2 …

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07Jan/14

Family Wins in Brain Death Case: Jahi McMath Moves to Care Facility – Guardian Liberty Voice

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Guardian Liberty Voice

Family Wins in Brain Death Case: Jahi McMath Moves to Care Facility
Guardian Liberty Voice
Brain death The family of Jahi McMath has seen a partial win in the brain death case against Children’s Hospital in Oakland, as the 13-year-old has been moved to a care facility. This was the family’s only hope after a judge ruled on Christmas Eve that …

07Jan/14

Jahi McMath: Time is limited for brain-dead teen, experts say – Los Angeles Times

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Jahi McMath: Time is limited for brain-dead teen, experts say
Los Angeles Times
Jahi’s family — and their attorney, Christopher Dolan of San Francisco — have maintained that brain death is not death, that the girl might get better, and that the rights of Jahi’s mother, Latasha Winkfield, to determine the medical course of action …

07Jan/14

After brain death, is there life? – TheCelebrityCafe.com

January 7, 2014Brain Death Declarationadmin

After brain death, is there life?TheCelebrityCafe.comA debate that is not so foreign to this nation has risen again due to the case of Jahi McMath. Should a person that has been declared brain dead be kept alive? Many people are familiar with the story…

07Jan/14

Brain-death debate rekindled – Bayoubuzz

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Brain-death debate rekindledBayoubuzzJahi McMath, a 13-year-old girl who was declared brain-dead after complications from a tonsillectomy, has been released from the hospital to the care of her family. According to the terms of a court order, the famil…

07Jan/14

Case of Jahi McMath raises questions about life after brain death – NBCNews.com

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CNN

Case of Jahi McMath raises questions about life after brain death
NBCNews.com
She was put on life support and declared brain dead. As Jahi remained on a ventilator in an undisclosed care facility on Monday, her case continues to raise burning questions about what it means to be brain dead — and if there is life after brain death.
Billings neurologist discusses brain deathKPAX-TV
Jahi McMath body in ‘very bad shape’ after hospital transferLos Angeles Times
Why brain dead means really deadCNN

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