Two cases in which patients have been determined to be dead according to
neurologic criteria (“brain death”) have recently garnered national
headlines. In Oakland, California, Jahi McMath's death was determined by
means of multiple independent neurologic examinations, including one
ordered by a court. Her family refused to accept that she had died and
went to court to prevent physicians at Children's Hospital and Research
Center in Oakland from discontinuing ventilator support. Per a
court-supervised agreement, the body was given to the family 3 weeks
after the initial determination. The family's attorney stated that
ventilatory support was continued and nutritional support added at an
undisclosed location.
Read full article: Accepting Brain Death
February 5, 2014DOI: 10.1056/NEJMp1400930
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