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Why Did the Husband of One Brain Dead Wife Let His Baby Live and the Other …
LifeNews.com “Brain death” was introduced in 1968 by an ad hoc committee of the Harvard Medical School in the Journal of the American Medical Association. It was introduced mainly to facilitate “organ harvesting” and to reallocate resources away from patients whose … |
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What Is Brain Death?
Wired The precise methods and criteria for determining brain death vary from hospital to hospital, but the American Academy of Neurology states that three criteria must be fulfilled to confirm the diagnosis: “coma (with a known cause), absence of brainstem … |
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We must stand firm on brain-death standard, says NEJM
BioEdge Writing in a commentary in the New England Journal of Medicine, David C. Magnus, Benjamin S. Wilfond, and Art Caplan insist that the definition of death as brain death must be maintained. In Fort Worth, Texas, the relatives of 33-year-old Marlise Muñoz … |
Scholars demand conclusive evidence of brain deathArab NewsDr. Faisal Shaheen, the president of the Saudi Center for Organ Transplant, says religious scholars have demand conclusive proof that no case of brain death has ever recovered and come to life….
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5 Questions: David Magnus on understanding brain death
Scope (blog) When is a person considered dead? Two recent cases have thrust the issue of “brain death” back into the national conversation. In Texas, the brain-dead Marlise Muñoz was connected to machines that kept her other vital organs functioning — over the … |
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Man holds on to hope after pregnant wife suffers brain-death
The Keene Sentinel Posted: Wednesday, February 5, 2014 8:00 am. Man holds on to hope after pregnant wife suffers brain-death By Ed Payne CNN News Service SentinelSource.com. A brain-dead pregnant woman lies on a hospital bed. Doctors want to keep her on life support … Donations pour in for unborn Victoria boy after mother suffers brain deathMetroNews Canada Husband Keeps “Brain Dead” Pregnant Wife Alive to Allow Son to be BornLifeNews.com Tragic life and death story plays out at Victoria General HospitalVancouver Sun |
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Of Brain Death and Climate Change
Lifesite ‘Brain death‘ is shorthand for death determined by neurological criteria, and unlike the traditional definition that relied on cardiopulmonary evidence – no heart beat, for instance, and no breathing – declaring death neurologically is downright tricky … |
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Donations pour in for unborn Victoria boy after mother suffers brain death
MetroNews Canada A Vancouver Island community is rallying to support an unborn boy and his father, after the child’s pregnant mother suffered a catastrophic brain hemorrhage. Robyn Benson was five months pregnant on Dec. 28, when she awoke with a piercing headache. Tragic life and death story plays out at Victoria General HospitalVancouver Sun Husband Keeps “Brain Dead” Pregnant Wife Alive to Allow Son to be BornLifeNews.com Canadian man keeps ‘brain dead’ pregnant wife on life support to give baby …Lifesite |
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Tech professor Bard discusses brain death and end of life procedures
LubbockOnline.com “There are different ways of proving that someone is dead, and brain death in Texas law refers to a situation where machines are keeping someone’s heart beating, so you can’t use that as a criteria for death, but if it were not for the machines, they … |
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Covenant physician explains brain death
KCBD-TV On Saturday, a Texas judge ordered that Munoz be taken off life support. According to court documents, she’s been brain dead since November 28th. But what does brain death really mean? Ryan Lewis, a Covenant emergency medicine physician, said that … |