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fromJezebel
5 months ago

'You Just Want to Scream': Adriana Smith's Mother on Watching Her Corpse Be Used as an Incubator

Emory Health declared the 30-year-old Smith brain dead on February 19. She had gone to a different hospital one day earlier, complaining of severe headaches, but was sent home with painkillers and without any testing. But her boyfriend rushed her to Emory after he woke up in the middle of the night to find her gasping for air, where a CT scan revealed multiple blood clots, and she was declared brain dead.
Public health
Medicine
fromPsychology Today
7 months ago

The Doctors Trying to Redefine Death

Definitions of death have expanded from cardiac death to brain death and now may include irreversibly comatose patients on life support.
US politics
fromwww.theguardian.com
10 months ago

A baby born to a brain dead mother: this is the horror of abortion bans | Moira Donegan

Adriana Smith's body was maintained on life support for months after her brain death due to her pregnancy, raising ethical and legal concerns.
Parenting
fromThe Atlantic
11 months ago

An Extraordinary Compromise of Medical Ethics

The case of Adriana Smith raises alarming ethical questions about the treatment of brain-dead patients in light of Georgia's LIFE Act.
fromJezebel
11 months ago

Georgia Takes Brain-Dead Woman Off Life Support After Using Her Corpse as Incubator

"He's expected to be OK. He's just fighting. We just want prayers for him. Just keep praying for him."
Parenting
US news
fromBoston.com
11 months ago

Baby delivered from brain-dead woman on life support in Georgia

Adriana Smith's baby, delivered via emergency cesarean, was born prematurely after the mother was declared brain dead.
Parenting
fromwww.theguardian.com
11 months ago

Baby of brain-dead Georgia woman on life support delivered via C-section

Adriana Smith, declared brain-dead, was kept on life support until her baby was born, raising ethical concerns about reproductive rights.
Atlanta Falcons
fromwww.bostonherald.com
11 months ago

Baby delivered from brain-dead woman on life support in Georgia

A woman declared brain dead gave birth via an emergency cesarean section, sparking discussions on medical ethics and state law regarding life support.
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