The teen was removed from life support systems and died. While the condition had worsened removing a person from life support spells almost certain death.
The teen was removed from life support systems and died. While the condition had worsened removing a person from life support spells almost certain death.People are removed from life support when they have suffered brain death. Otherwise everyone could be kept "alive" indefinitely with modern technology.
I personally leave the blame with insurance company legal hair splitting. The UCLA doctors were able to quote survival rates for this procedure. Just what qualifies a procedure to be "non-experimental"? Maybe it's well reasoned decisions by insurance company bureaucrats.