The Court Rules a 16 Year Old Must Undergo Treatment
This is a tough case but I can live with that decisions. The more interesting question is whether the court's ruling is enforceable. Trying to do chemotherapy on a non-cooperative six foot one 16 year-old will prove to be something of a challenge.-Art Caplan
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" . . . the order, which requires the parents to take Abraham to Childrens Hospital of the Kings Daughters in Norfolk and to give the oncologist their written legal consent to treat their son for Hodgkins disease."
Kind of makes you wonder about the voluntary aspect of the consent process.
- by Karama Neal on Jul 24, 2006 at 12:40 PM | link
...or one's right to bring about one's own demise through the refusal of medical treatment.
- by Tannhauser on Jul 25, 2006 at 3:22 PM | link
According to CNN, the saga continues: "Accomack County Circuit Court Judge Glen A. Taylor set aside that order."
(from cnn.com, http://www.cnn.com/2006/HEALTH/07/25/sick.teen.ap/index.html )
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- by etbnc on Jul 26, 2006 at 12:32 PM | link