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Thank Koresh there was a system in place to get the boy the care he needed. n/t trotsky Jun 2014 #1
sounds more like practicing medicine without a license than religious ignorance. unblock Jun 2014 #2
Sounds like both. Iggo Jun 2014 #11
"The boy said his previous treatments were very painful and that he preferred to 'go home and die'” rug Jun 2014 #3
"The court stated that the boy had not been received from his parents accurate information..." cleanhippie Jun 2014 #4
He had information on the pain of the treatment. rug Jun 2014 #5
But not on the efficacy. cleanhippie Jun 2014 #10
No, absolutely not, but if he were four years older, I would do so. Donald Ian Rankin Jun 2014 #6
Do you know what age prevails in Israel to make personal medical decisions? rug Jun 2014 #7
I don't have a clue, but if it's as young as 14, it shouldn't be. N.T. Donald Ian Rankin Jun 2014 #8
Oh definitely edhopper Jun 2014 #15
Sometimes it's better than the treatment. rug Jun 2014 #16
The boy didn't HAVE all the info to make that decision. cleanhippie Jun 2014 #19
That wasn't the question. You can be 80 and not have the info. rug Jun 2014 #20
No one can make an informed decision if they have info intentionally withheld. cleanhippie Jun 2014 #21
So, if he were 7 it would be irrelevant? rug Jun 2014 #22
He's not 7, so your question is also irrelevant. cleanhippie Jun 2014 #23
No, he's 14. Now you can answer the question. rug Jun 2014 #25
Your question is irrelevant. He didn't have all the info in order to make one. cleanhippie Jun 2014 #26
Deflect, duck, weasel, rinse, repeat. rug Jun 2014 #28
Great self-evaluation. cleanhippie Jun 2014 #29
In this instance edhopper Jun 2014 #24
Here's the Israeli statute on consent. rug Jun 2014 #17
a friend of mine is a cancer survivor. okasha Jun 2014 #9
So you agree that as a patient, he was intentionally uninformed? cleanhippie Jun 2014 #12
Do you think the family should have listened to the rabbi, and stopped treatment? n/t trotsky Jun 2014 #14
I think they should have listened to their son Warpy Jun 2014 #27
But that's the problem, they didn't want to listen to him. They wanted him to do what they believed cleanhippie Jun 2014 #30
" The boy said his previous treatments were very painful and that he preferred to “go home and die.” Warpy Jun 2014 #31
"The court stated that the boy had not been received from his parents accurate information..." cleanhippie Jun 2014 #33
Cancer is a cellular condition Act_of_Reparation Jun 2014 #18
My friend was fully informed of his options okasha Jun 2014 #32
That Rabbi was practicing medicine without a license, he belongs in jail. Humanist_Activist Jun 2014 #13
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