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Originally Posted by MarchHare
Yeah, obviously an 11-year old special education child with fetal alcohol syndrome is in a better position to make a life or death decision than a doctor who is merely a medical school graduate and has years of experience treating cancer patients. Obviously.
I agree fully with the judge who ruled in this case; the kid clearly doesn't have the mental capacity to make a properly informed decision, and the parents are not acting in the best interest of the child. It's not a certainty that chemo treatments will save his life, but it is a certainty that forgoing them will result in his death.
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But it's not just the child, his parents agreed.
I think perhaps that's the most unfortunate part... if the parents would rather let him live 6 months than continue to have hope for a full recovery. However, I don't think you can force anyone to accept treatment if they don't want it. If that person is a child, then I would suggest their parents be the ones to make the final decision, however since the parents in this case sided with their child, who are the doctors to force it on him? And why would that even be an option?