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Jahi McMath was a thirteen-year-old girl who was declared brain dead in California following surgery in 2013. This led to a bioethical debate engendered by her family's rejection of the medicolegal findings of death in the case, and their efforts to maintain her body using mechanical ventilation and other measures.
The technology that kept Jahi McMath looking alive for five years is one of the first threats to death as we know it, the modern ventilator. Ventilators, which started appearing in hospitals in ...
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2 McMath family lawyer. 1 comment. 3 Deletion? 11 comments. 4 Brain death vs brain-death. 2 comments. 5 Updates on what has been done to Jahi's body. 3 comments.
Hmm, yes, that is strange. I think the USCF spokesperson is saying that pediatric neurologists had earlier diagnosed McMath as brain dead and confirmed that diagnosis after viewing the videos. Their confirmation that McMath is brain dead is in contrast to Shewson's declaration that McMath is technically alive.
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