When a 13 year-old girl from Oakland named Jahi McMath was pronounced brain dead after a surgical complication in 2013, California issued her a death certificate. Five years later, she received a second death certificate in New Jersey. How could one person die twice? In this episode, we learn that the line between life and death isn’t always as clear as you might think. 

Show notes:
This episode features interviews with:

Yolonda Wilson, Associate Professor at the Albert Gnaegi Center for Health Care Ethics at Saint Louis University

Jeffrey Kahn, Andreas C. Dracopolous Director of the Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics

Bob Truog, who is the Frances Glessner Lee Distinguished Professor of Medical Ethics, Anaesthesia, and Pediatrics at Harvard Medical School and Boston Children’s Hospital.

This episode references a New Yorker article about Jahi’s case, which you can read here. It also references the Uniform Determination of Death Act (UDDA), which you can read here. 

To learn more about the ethics issues raised in this episode visit the Berman Institute’s episode guide.

The Greenwall Foundation seeks to make bioethics integral to decisions in healthcare, policy and research. Learn more at greenwall.org. 

When a 13 year-old girl from Oakland named Jahi McMath was pronounced brain dead after a surgical complication in 2013, California issued her a death certificate. Five years later, she received a second death certificate in New Jersey. How could one person die twice? In this episode, we learn that the line between life and death isn’t always as clear as you might think. 
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Show notes: This episode features interviews with:
<a href="https://www.slu.edu/arts-and-sciences/bioethics/faculty/yolonda-wilson.php">Yolonda Wilson</a>, Associate Professor at the Albert Gnaegi Center for Health Care Ethics at Saint Louis University
<a href="https://bioethics.jhu.edu/people/profile/jeffrey-kahn/">Jeffrey Kahn</a>, Andreas C. Dracopolous Director of the Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics
<a href="https://bioethics.hms.harvard.edu/faculty-staff/robert-d-truog">Bob Truog</a>, who is the Frances Glessner Lee Distinguished Professor of Medical Ethics, Anaesthesia, and Pediatrics at Harvard Medical School and Boston Children’s Hospital.
This episode references a New Yorker article about Jahi’s case, which you can read <a href="https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2018/02/05/what-does-it-mean-to-die">here</a>. It also references the Uniform Determination of Death Act (UDDA), which you can read <a href="https://www.uniformlaws.org/viewdocument/final-act-49?CommunityKey=155faf5d-03c2-4027-99ba-ee4c99019d6c">here</a>. 
To learn more about the ethics issues raised in this episode visit the Berman Institute’s <a href="https://bioethics.jhu.edu/playinggod/episode-2">episode guide</a>.
The Greenwall Foundation seeks to make bioethics integral to decisions in healthcare, policy and research. Learn more at <a href="http://greenwall.org/">greenwall.org</a>.

Life-and-death dilemmas. New medical technologies. Controversial treatments. In playing god? we hear from the patients whose lives were transformed—and sometimes saved—by medical innovations and the bioethicists who help guide complex decisions.

Ventilators can keep critically ill people alive, but when is it acceptable to turn the machines off? Organ transplants save lives but when demand outpaces supply how do we decide who gets them? Increasingly, novel reproductive technologies can help people have babies in ways that are far beyond what nature allows. So, when should such “Brave New World” technologies be introduced and who should control them? 

playing god? is hosted by Lauren Arora Hutchinson, Director of the iDeas Lab at the Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics. 

playing god? is a co-production of Pushkin Industries and the Berman Institute of Bioethics at Johns Hopkins University, with generous support from The Greenwall Foundation. New episodes drop every Tuesday.

The Berman Institute has created a guide for each episode where you can learn more about the guests, the history, and the ethics issues at: bioethics.jhu.edu/playing-god

Life-and-death dilemmas. New medical technologies. Controversial treatments. In playing god? we hear from the patients whose lives were transformed—and sometimes saved—by medical innovations and the bioethicists who help guide complex decisions.
Ventilators can keep critically ill people alive, but when is it acceptable to turn the machines off? Organ transplants save lives but when demand outpaces supply how do we decide who gets them? Increasingly, novel reproductive technologies can help people have babies in ways that are far beyond what nature allows. So, when should such “Brave New World” technologies be introduced and who should control them? 
playing god? is hosted by Lauren Arora Hutchinson, Director of the iDeas Lab at the Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics. 
playing god? is a co-production of Pushkin Industries and the Berman Institute of Bioethics at Johns Hopkins University, with generous support from The Greenwall Foundation. New episodes drop every Tuesday.
The Berman Institute has created a guide for each episode where you can learn more about the guests, the history, and the ethics issues at: <a href="http://bioethics.jhu.edu/playing-god" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://bioethics.jhu.edu/playing-god&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1697728099647000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1qmlNSYneUfyWNEnZchoSU">bioethics.jhu.edu/playing-god</a>

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The Girl Who Died Twice

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