Deciding whether to withdraw life support after a severe traumatic brain injury is extremely difficult. Loved ones are faced with balancing their hopes for recovery with the desire not to prolong ...

And finally tonight to California. We have partnered with inewsource, a San Diego-based journalism nonprofit, to take us inside special nursing home units where thousands of people live on life ...

(The Conversation) — Adriana Smith’s body was kept on life support for 16 weeks so her fetus could gestate. Abortion politics don’t capture the ethical complexities of such situations. (The ...

Analysis of 1,392 patients with traumatic brain injuries (TBIs) found that some patients for whom life support was withdrawn may have survived and recovered some level of independence a few months ...

When someone sustains a serious brain injury and is unresponsive, how soon can doctors say whether he or she has a chance of meaningful recovery? That has always been a difficult question to answer, ...