Marlise Munoz

The Strange Case Of Marlise Munoz And John Peter Smith Hospital

After collapsing on her kitchen floor, Munoz was hospitalized and kept on life support despite her wishes. A Texas law protects a hospital ...

Death of Marlise Muñoz - Wikipedia

an American woman at the center of a medical ethics controversy between November 2013 and January 2014. She suffered a suspected pulmonary embolism and was ...

Pregnant, and Forced to Stay on Life Support - The New York Times

At 33, Marlise Munoz was brain-dead after collapsing on her kitchen floor in November from what appeared to be a blood clot in her lungs.

Legal storm brewing over Texas forced life-support case - PMC

“Marlise Munoz is dead, and she gave clear instructions to her husband and family — Marlise was not to remain on any type of artificial 'life sustaining ...

Brain-dead Texas woman taken off ventilator - CNN

Marlise Munoz didn't leave any written directives regarding end-of-life care, but her husband and other family members said she had told ...

“But I'm Brain-Dead and Pregnant”: Advance Directive Pregnancy ...

Marlise Muñoz was approximately fourteen weeks pregnant when she suffered a pulmonary embolism, and two days later doctors declared her brain-dead. Knowing ...

Texas hospital removes brain-dead pregnant woman Marlise Munoz ...

A Texas hospital removed life support from a pregnant, brain-dead woman following a judge's order that it was misapplying state law to disregard her family's ...

Texas forced life-support case could happen in Canada - PMC

Marlise Munoz's body will soon be buried by her family, after a judge ruled Jan. 24 that John Peter Smith Hospital in Fort Worth, Tex. had misapplied a ...

Brain death, pregnancy and ethics: the case of Marlise Munoz

33-year-old Texas woman Marlise Munoz collapsed at her Fort Worth home after suffering a suspected blood clot in her lungs. She was later declared brain dead.

Husband of brain-dead Texas woman: 'I asked God to take me instead'

Marlise Muñoz's family tells CNN's Anderson Cooper about their battle to remove the brain-dead, pregnant mother from a ventilator in a Texas ...

Texas family grieves after brain-dead pregnant woman is taken off ...

Marlise Munoz was taken off life support on Sunday after a legal battle; her 23-week-old fetus was not delivered.

Judge Orders Pregnant Texas Woman Off Life Support - ABC News

Marlise Munoz, a 33-year-old paramedic, had been on life support since a suspected pulmonary embolism rendered her brain dead in November.

Hospital Will Remove Life Support for Pregnant Woman

UPDATED: Fort Worth's John Peter Smith Hospital announced on Sunday that it would not appeal a judge's court order to remove Marlise Muñoz, ...

“But I'm Brain-Dead and Pregnant”: Advance Directive Pregnancy ...

Knowing Marlise's end-of-life wishes, her husband, Erick Muñoz, asked her doctors to withdraw or withhold any “life-sustaining” medical ...

Brain-Dead Woman's Husband Named Unborn Child - NBC News

Nicole was the name chosen by Erick Munoz for the 23-week-old fetus that would have been his second child with wife Marlise.

How Texas Family Is Mourning Marlise Munoz, Now That Life ...

The husband of a pregnant brain-dead Texas woman who was removed from life support on Sunday has named the fetus Nicole.

Brain-Dead Marlise Munoz's Fetus Is “Distinctly Abnormal.” Please ...

Marlise Munoz has been brain dead since Nov. 26, and the suffering of her family can only be getting worse. Munoz was found unconscious on ...

Judge Orders Hospital to Remove Pregnant Woman From Life Support

Erick Munoz, the husband of Marlise Munoz, at the Tarrant County courthouse in Fort Worth on Friday. ... The ruling gives the family of the woman, ...

Life and Death and the Case of Marlise Muñoz - Texas Monthly

Doctors at John Peter Smith Hospital ended life support for Marlise Muñoz, a pregnant wife and mother who had collapsed at her home in Haltom City.

Pregnant Texas Woman on Life Support Stirs Political Debate

At 14 weeks pregnant in November, Marlise Muñoz, 33, suffered what doctors believe was a pulmonary embolism. She was nearly dead when her ...