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In reply to the discussion: Court Forces Family To Give Teen Chemotherapy Against Rabbi's Advice [View all]rug
(82,333 posts)28. Deflect, duck, weasel, rinse, repeat.
It's a very simple question.
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Court Forces Family To Give Teen Chemotherapy Against Rabbi's Advice [View all]
cleanhippie
Jun 2014
OP
sounds more like practicing medicine without a license than religious ignorance.
unblock
Jun 2014
#2
"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
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
No one can make an informed decision if they have info intentionally withheld.
cleanhippie
Jun 2014
#21
Your question is irrelevant. He didn't have all the info in order to make one.
cleanhippie
Jun 2014
#26
Do you think the family should have listened to the rabbi, and stopped treatment? n/t
trotsky
Jun 2014
#14
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
That Rabbi was practicing medicine without a license, he belongs in jail.
Humanist_Activist
Jun 2014
#13