George, the father of a ‘brain dead’ son took to a standoff when he was told that his son, George Pickering III will be taken off life support as there was no hope left for them.
Using a PET scan can help detect brain activity in vegetative patients, a new study reported.
A California girl who was declared brain dead after tonsil surgery will continue to be on life support for at least next seven days, a state judge extended the deadline.
Erick Munoz, a paramedic, wants to end life support for his pregnant wife Marlise Munoz who collapsed from a pulmonary embolism on Nov. 26.
An Indiana hunter who was injured recently, got to decide himself if he wanted to live or die. The avid outdoorsman was severely injured in a hunting accident on Saturday.
In 2009, doctors from a Syracuse, NY hospital almost removed the organs from a woman who was still alive. She woke up on the operating table right before doctors were going to cut her open.