Until the 1960s, a human being’s death was indicated by the irreversible cessation of their heartbeat, but by 1980 the definition of death was revised to mean “brain death.” But if there was ever a consensus on the matter, it no longer exists.
PRINCETON/OMAHA – “What is it you don’t understand? She’s dead, dead, dead.” That is how David Durand, Chief Medical Officer of Oakland’s Children’s Hospital, attempted to convince the family of Jahi McMath that the standard medical tests for brain death had shown that their teenage daughter was no longer alive.
PRINCETON/OMAHA – “What is it you don’t understand? She’s dead, dead, dead.” That is how David Durand, Chief Medical Officer of Oakland’s Children’s Hospital, attempted to convince the family of Jahi McMath that the standard medical tests for brain death had shown that their teenage daughter was no longer alive.