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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Nov 30, 1975
Page
6
Dr. Elisabeth Kübler-Ross argues death may not exist as a state, citing near death experiences of patients previously declared medically dead. She discusses Quinlan in New Jersey, condemns life-sustaining respirators without court orders, and urges physicians to follow conscience.
Nassau County district attorney closes probe into 16 year old Maryjane Dahl's death after her respirator was unplugged at Nassau Hospital. Medical examiner labeled homicide but DA finds evidence insufficient to prove unplugging caused death. Maryjane had meningitis Hodgkin's disease and kidney failure.
The meaning of death shifts as states adopt brain death standards alongside cessation of breathing and circulation. Legislation in six states enables organ procurement by recognizing brain death, with university centers like Michigan and Harvard forming CNS review panels to assess comatose patients.
A Loyola University researcher questions EPA standards on cancer causing elements in water while Dr John Christman notes a bladder cancer history and proposes dual water systems for drinking and all other uses. Other passages discuss brain death criteria used by transplant evaluation boards.
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