Recently a 16 or 17 yr. old boy with relapsed Hodgkin's Disease chose to decline a second treatment of chemotherapy because of how severe his side effects were the first time around. He and his family chose alternative medicines and herbs instead (which are not FDA approved). The boy said he doesn't think he could survive any more chemo and doesn't want it. Now social services is stepping in, saying his parents are guilty of medical neglect. The same happened about six months ago to a 13 year old girl. She was put into a foster home and given chemo agains her and her parents wishes (and to the best of my knowledge, she still isn't in remission)
Should the courts in this country have a say in our medical care? And should they be allowed to force treatments on us and our children? And if so, where do we draw the line?
2006-07-15
18:08:53
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