Mercury News editorial: No one recovers from being brain deadSan Jose Mercury NewsBut there is no recovery from brain death. Ever. Once all functions within the brain and the brain stem cease, the condition is irreversible. Under California law, derive…
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Family Wants Brain-Dead Girl Moved to Nursing Home Before Hospital Pulls Plug
ABC News “But the ventilator cannot reverse the brain death that has occurred, and it would be wrong to give false hope that Jahi will ever come back to life.” The Associated Press contributed to this report. More from ABC News. Mom of Girl on Life Support: ‘I … Jahi McMath’s family seeks to move brain-dead girl to another facilityCNN Judge: Hospital can disconnect brain-dead teenUSA TODAY Calif. judge: Brain-dead teen can be taken off life supportCBS News Fox News –San Francisco Chronicle –Guardian Express all 929 news articles » |
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Family of Brain-Dead Teen Might Opt to Take Her Off Life Support
ABC News “But the ventilator cannot reverse the brain death that has occurred, and it would be wrong to give false hope that Jahi will ever come back to life.” Doug Strauss, the attorney for Children’s Hospital Oakland, said the hospital would not oppose the … Judge: California teen is brain dead after tonsil surgeryCNN Judge: Hospital can disconnect brain-dead teenUSA TODAY Calif. judge: Brain-dead teen can be taken off life supportCBS News Fox News –NBC Bay Area –Guardian Express all 769 news articles » |
CNNJudge: California teen is brain dead after tonsil surgeryCNNFisher 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…
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Judge orders California teen who was declared brain dead off life support, but …
Fox News Byrne is the co-editor of the 2001 book “Beyond Brain Death,” which presents a variety of arguments against using brain-based criteria for declaring a person dead. In a phone interview with the Associated Press, Byrne said he could not comment in … |
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Judge Rules Jahi McMath, 13-Year-Old Declared Brain Dead Following …
Huffington Post Arthur L. Caplan, who leads the Division of Medical Ethics at NYU Langone Medical Center and is not involved in Jahi’s case, told The Associated Press that once brain death has been declared, a hospital is under no obligation to keep a patient on a … |
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Calif. judge: Brain-dead teen can be taken off life support
CBS News Arthur L. Caplan, who leads the Division of Medical Ethics at NYU Langone Medical Center and is not involved in Jahi’s case, told The Associated Press that once brain death has been declared, a hospital is under no obligation to keep a patient on a … |
San Francisco Chronicle |
Judge rules against brain-dead girl’s family
San Francisco Chronicle The law requires that a hospital provide families with a “reasonably brief period of accommodation” between a finding of brain death and the discontinuing of mechanical support, giving relatives a chance to gather at the patient’s bedside. The Oakland … |
Guardian Express |
Brain Death, Yes; but California Teen Still Alive Christmas Eve Says Family
Guardian Express However, Jahi’s immediate family argues that she may have suffered brain death, but she is still alive this Christmas Eve, and they do not want her taken off of life support. Hospital lawyers have disagreed arguing that the Northern California teen is … |
New York Daily News |
California girl ruled brain dead
New York Daily News Arthur L. Caplan, who leads the Division of Medical Ethics at NYU Langone Medical Center and is not involved in Jahi’s case, told The Associated Press that once brain death has been declared, a hospital is under no obligation to keep a patient on a … |