She is not still in the process of dying. That equals death, legally, and physiologically. The event is that her brain and brain stem was determined to be completely non-perfused and dead nearly 6 months ago. We are now in the aftermath of that event. The "process" for Jahi occurred in early December 2013, when the edema pressure within her brain inside her skull, was so much higher than arterial perfusion pressure, that the entire brain, and brain stem tissue DIED, due to lack of blood perfusion and oxygen delivery. I agree that death is a process, but it is also a definitive end-point. (Individual personal exceptions being ideas held by someone who is aligned with philosophies like those held by Paul Byrne.) Our definitions of death, medically and legally, also do not agree with that interpretation, respectfully. I believe that that interpretation is wholly incorrect. It's a great opportunity to be a fly on the wall, observing their discussion. They discuss how they each deal with these situations, and offer strategies for breaking thru denial by family members. Here is an excellent discussion I've linked in previous threads, between several prominent physicians, as they discuss "difficult families" and the discussion of brain death. Then, if they don't understand, or reject the diagnosis of death, the message has to be consistent, and sometimes rather blunt. I'm not sure from your UK comments if you are perhaps not in the U.S., but we cannot indefinitely maintain brain dead individuals in our ICU's until the family comes to terms with the diagnosis- however long that might be.įamilies have to be told that a loved one is dead, gently.
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It isn't an "optional diagnosis" that families are free to accept or reject. There are multiple laws and policies that define how death will be diagnosed, and what that means.
It would be morally and ethically wrong for the physicians and social workers to do otherwise, in addition to being against state law and lots of other policies.Ī family cannot be misled that there is an "injury" that is severe, and leave the door open to their interpretation that there is some possibility of recovery, when there is none. I do think they stressed that Jahi's condition was irreversible. I'm a little confused as to what you mean by the investment in language? I do believe that multiple medical professionals explained the futility of the situation to NW and her family. Respectfully snipped for space and focus.
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