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Jahi is not truly dead, Wesley Smith
RenewAmerica The need for “brain death” is, and has been, from the onset to remove “controversy” about cutting out the beating heart and other vital organs from patients with a beating heart, circulation and respiration. Clearly, a patient with a beating heart … |
Examiner.comTonsillectomy brain death: No legal obligation for life support? New doc calledExaminer.comA tonsillectomy brain death case has gotten more complicated this week as the family of a 13-year-old girl who suffered brain death from procedural c…
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Judge orders brain-dead girl kept on ventilator another week
Los Angeles Times The family’s attorney, Christopher Dolan, said he wanted another examination of Jahi by Paul Byrne, a professor at the University of Toledo College of Medicine and Life Science who has criticized the practice of declaring brain death, the Chronicle … |
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Brain Death Not so Simple: Family Wins Right to Keep Daughter Alive
Guardian Express Brain death is proving to be not so simple after a family have won the right to keep their daughter alive with a breathing tube. The Californian teen went into hospital for a routine procedure, but the surgery did not quite go to plan. During her … Alive or dead? Brain death a complicated issueSan Francisco Chronicle Will An Extended Brain Death Debate Prolong Oakland Teen Jahi McMath’s Life …Medical Daily Jahi McMath: Oakland court appoints outside doctor to examine brain-dead girlSan Jose Mercury News Christian Science Monitor –Boston.com (blog) –Wall Street Journal all 802 news articles » |
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Teen left “brain dead” after tonsillectomy to stay on life support, judge rules
CBS News The Chief of Pediatric Neurology at Stanford Children’s Hospital, Dr. Paul Fisher, is a known expert on brain death and has performed many such examinations,” Children’s chief of pediatrics Dr. David Durand, said in an emailed statement. “We have the … |
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Brain Death and a Family’s Struggle
Guardian Express The subject of brain death has come up recently due to the case of 13-year-old Jahi McMath. McMath underwent surgery Dec. 9, to remove her tonsils. The surgery, which was supposed to be “routine” resulted in some complications. McMath began bleeding … |
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Mom of girl brain-dead after tonsillectomy: ‘Despite what they say, she is alive’
Penn Live Hospitals do a barrage of sophisticated tests to determine brain death, said Dr. Cristobal Barrios, an associate professor and a trauma and critical care surgeon at the University of California, Irvine. He is not involved in Jahi’s care and spoke about … |
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Jahi McMath: Medicine’s ability to keep a heart beating complicates how death …
San Jose Mercury News In 1968, a Harvard University committee proposed adding “brain death” to “cardiac death” in end-of-life protocols. Two trends led to the broader definition: medicine’s ability to keep people on machines, even if they’d never regain mental function; and … |
Examiner.comTonsil surgery tragedy: Investigation into brain death, new complication factorsExaminer.comA tonsil surgery tragedy caused brain death in a 13-year-old girl and left her on life support recently, while the latest reports on this heartrendi…
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DEATH UP CLOSE: Scientists examining boundaries between the living and the …
Catholic Online Defining brain death is becoming more complex as researchers find signs of activity in both human and animal subjects whose brain waves at first show they’ve “flat-lined.” While some doctors use the EEG as a final check for signs of life in the brain … Scientists looking closer at what happens when body diesABC15.com (KNXV-TV) |