Jahi McMath

  • Read more: The Concept of Brain Death and the Tragic Cases of Marlise Munoz and Jahi McMath
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    The Concept of Brain Death and the Tragic Cases of Marlise Munoz and Jahi McMath

    By Ryan Abbott Historically, death has been a very simple and intuitive thing to understand – it occurs when someone stops breathing and their heart stops. Visually, it is a dramatic change that anyone can comprehend. However, we now live in an age where machines can keep people breathing, and their hearts beating, when they…

  • Read more: Mandatory Settlement Conference in Evolving End-of-Life Dispute
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    Mandatory Settlement Conference in Evolving End-of-Life Dispute

    Over the holidays, a dispute about whether to withdraw life-sustaining treatment between the family of Jahi McMath, a young girl pronounced brain dead by doctors after routine tonsil surgery, and her hospital reached state and federal court and began to receive national attention.  (See coverage on CNN here, Fox News here, ABC News here, NY…