Was Jahi McMath’s Case Preventable?
While coverage of Jahi McMath’s case usually focuses on what happened after her catastrophic brain injury, the events leading up to her procedure warrant just as much attention.
Alice Dreger is a bioethicist and historian of medicine at Northwestern University's Feinberg School of Medicine. Helen Haskell founded Mothers Against Medical Error following the death of her son from medical mistakes related to an elective surgery.
While coverage of Jahi McMath’s case usually focuses on what happened after her catastrophic brain injury, the events leading up to her procedure warrant just as much attention.