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Feedback on Controversy Surrounding Brain Dead Teenager

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Published May 30, 2006 at 4:20 AM CDT

By Kelley Weiss

Kansas City, MO – Last week, we discussed the case of Michael Todd, a 14-year old African American boy declared brain dead from a gunshot wound. His family disputed the University of Kansas Hospital doctor's diagnosis and went to court to prevent the hospital from removing their son from life support.

After more than a week of debate between the family and hospital, last Friday, the family agreed to remove life support to avoid a legal battle. We interviewed an expert in death and dying in the urban core, David Moller, from the University of Missouri-Kansas City Medical School. He told health reporter Kelley Weiss that he thinks race played a role in the controversy surrounding the Michael Todd case.

K-U Hospital spokesperson, Dennis McCulloch says that Moller made assumptions about the case.