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Children’s Hospital Oakland’s PR disaster in handling Jahi McMath ‘brain death …
Lifesite (blog) Children’s Hospital Oakland has a very good reputation where I live in the Bay Area. But its public communication around the tragedy of Jahi McMath’s ”brain death” has been astoundingly insensitive, bordering on arrogant. The hospital’s statements … |
Breathing and Brain Death?Surgery.about.comThere have been many discussions of brain death recently, after a girl was pronounced brain dead in California and her family protested having her removed from artificial support. The most common questions are…
Guardian Express |
Brain Death Court Ruling: Teen to Be Taken Off Life Support
Guardian Express brain death In a brain death court case, the judges have ruled that a teen is to be taken off life support. The ruling came on Christmas Eve but the hospital is still to take action. The family of 13-year-old Jahi McMath is still fighting for a way to … Mercury News editorial: No one recovers from being brain deadSan Jose Mercury News Jahi McMath’s family seeks to move brain-dead girl to another facilityCNN Family Finds New Care For Girl Declared Brain DeadTIME USA TODAY –ABC News –CBS News all 1,434 news articles » |
Guardian Express |
Brain Death of Jahi McMath Is a Quandary
Guardian Express The brain death of 13-year-old Jahi McMath is a quandary for both her parents and the hospital. The mere definition of brain death is a part of the dilemma. Many lay people believe that when someone is brain-dead, that a miracle of nature or science … Jahi McMath’s family seeks to move brain-dead girl to another facilityCNN Family Finds New Care For Girl Declared Brain DeadTIME Mercury News editorial: No one recovers from being brain deadSan Jose Mercury News ABC News –USA TODAY –Inside Bay Area all 1,229 news articles » |
WND.com |
Theologian: ‘Brain-dead’ doesn’t really count
WND.com The report continued, “Defining brain death is becoming more complex as researchers find signs of activity in both human and animal subjects whose brainwaves at first show they’ve ‘flat-lined’ to the point that there is no brain function. … Scientists … |
Guardian ExpressBrain Death: Resuscitation Medicine Claims Evidence of Consciousness After …Guardian ExpressBrain death has been in the headlines this past week as the family of Jahi McMath, a 13-year-old girl declared brain dead by medical professio…
Guardian Express |
Brain Death: Teen Found New Home
Guardian Express The 13-year-old teen who suffered complications from a surgery and was declared brain dead has found a new home at a long-term care nursing facility despite her declared brain death an attorney for the teen’s family said. 13-year-old Jahi McMath had … Jahi McMath’s family seeks to move brain-dead girl to another facilityCNN Mercury News editorial: No one recovers from being brain deadSan Jose Mercury News Family Wants Brain-Dead Girl Moved to Nursing Home Before Hospital Pulls PlugABC News USA TODAY –Inside Bay Area –CBS News all 1,111 news articles » |
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When ‘life support’ is really ‘death support’
CNN The way we talk about neurological death has created a misperception, ethicists say: that “brain death” is somehow not as final as cardiac death, even though, by definition, it is. The term “life support” exacerbates the problem, too, because those who … |
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Jahi McMath’s family seeks to move brain-dead girl to another facility
CNN Fisher testified Tuesday that Jahi meets the criteria for brain death. Alameda Superior Court Judge Evelio Grillo previously ruled that the hospital must hold off on any decisions regarding discontinuing life support until December 30, and the judge … Mercury News editorial: No one recovers from being brain deadSan Jose Mercury News Family Wants Brain-Dead Girl Moved to Nursing Home Before Hospital Pulls PlugABC News Oakland Tribune editorial: No one recovers from being brain deadInside Bay Area USA TODAY –CBS News –Fox News all 1,028 news articles » |
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Jahi McMath: Hospital open to transferring brain-dead teen but won’t perform …
San Jose Mercury News Doctors won’t perform these common procedures on Jahi because they do not treat dead people, and in California and just about everywhere else, brain death means the end of life, doctors and ethicists said Friday. In a letter to Jahi’s family attorney … |