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Maternal somatic support after brain death occurs when a brain dead patient is pregnant and their body is kept alive to deliver a fetus. It occurs very rarely internationally. Even among brain dead patients, in a U.S. study of 252 brain dead patients from 1990–96, only 5 (2.8%) cases involved pregnant women between 15 and 45 years of age. [1]
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) -- A California judge has ordered a 13-year-old girl declared brain dead to be kept on life support until Jan. 7. Alameda County Superior Court Judge Evelio Grillo on Monday ...
In March 2003, 12 disability rights groups, led by Not Dead Yet, along with four other amici filed an amicus curiae brief in which they opposed the removal of Schiavo's feeding tube. [80] They also used the Schiavo case to advocate for federal review in cases where third parties decide to withdraw life support from patients unable to give consent.
A toddler who had been declared brain dead was taken off life support in California on Thursday despite his family’s efforts to keep him alive. Brain-dead toddler taken off life support against ...
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.
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) - The family of a Northern California girl on life support after being declared brain dead was expected to appear with hospital officials in court Monday to announce the name ...
DALLAS (AP) - The husband of a brain-dead, pregnant Texas woman on Tuesday sued the hospital keeping her on life support, saying doctors are doing so against her and her family's wishes. The ...
Erick Muñoz petitioned for Marlise to be removed from all life-sustaining measures once brain death had been declared. The hospital refused, citing a Texas law which required that lifesaving measures be maintained if a female patient was pregnant—even if there was written documentation that this was against the wishes of the patient or the next of kin.