San Francisco Chronicle | 'Inevitable': As Jahi McMath deteriorates, brain-death case nears end Los Angeles Times Dresser also served on a presidential bioethics council that in 2008 reaffirmed "whole-brain death" as legal death. Brain cells die without blood flow and autopsies in such cases have shown the brain liquefies. In the court declaration filed by Flori ... At Issue in 2 Wrenching Cases: What to Do After the Brain Dies Case of Jahi McMath raises questions about life after brain death Lawyer: Brain-dead teen Jahi McMath 'improving' under 'optimistic' doctors' care |