chemo against your will? Options

[PurpleDaze112]

I was checking my email just now on yahoo and a news story on the page said that a 13 year old boy was forced by the court to receive chemotherapy to treat his lymphoma. The boy and his parents agreed on trying alternative medicine to treat the illness due to religious purposes. Involuntary medical attentuon, if it has the realistic possibility of saving lives, is entirely legal if the patient is a minor.

Personally, I think that the practice should be disallowed if the minor in question is at a pyschological level that puts them in a place where professionals can be certain that the choice to forgo certain medical practices is the minor's own. But since that boy's lymphoma had a 90% chance of being wiped out by the chemo, I think he's a dumbass for not getting treatment. Still, it comes down to the fact that one can do whatever they want with their body, even if it means letting it die.

[*Krisaweanie*]

Refusing chemo is almost up to par with suicide, which obviously entails some psychological imbalance; therefore, it can be used against the patient who refuses chemo as being unable to make "right decisions." And the fact that this kid is a minor and his parents, his legal guardians, are refusing for him to undergo chemo, can be subjected to child neglection; because, they are endagering his well being and, especially, his health.

[illriginal]

BRB Depending on snake / ant / spider venom to own cancer


Eff Chemo, that's for primitive fools.