Archived Brain dead son enjoys Xmas after dad armed with gun refuses to let medics end his life (rt.com)
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Archived Brain dead son enjoys Xmas after dad armed with gun refuses to let medics end his life (rt.com)
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[–] Men13 0 points 12 points 12 points (+12|-0) ago
The family decided to disconnect him after the doctors told them he was brain dead and will not recover.
Sure, it wasn't the doctors' decision, but the family trusted the doctors' diagnostic. Which turned out to be wrong.
That's almost a tautology. By definition - recovery from actual brain death never happens. By definition, if there was a recovery - then the "brain death" diagnosis was wrong. The relevant question is:
How likely is it for a person diagnosed as being brain dead to make a recovery. That's the only relevant question as far as family is concerned.