13-Year-Old Refuses Life-Saving Chemo - the Back Story (May 09)


	13-Year-Old Refuses Life-Saving Chemo - the Back Story (May 09)

TripodGirl

5-21-2009 11:47 AM

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medicine, alternative medicine

TripodGirl says:

One last quote from the article: "Science says Daniel has a 5 percent chance of survival without chemo."

So is this case about child abuse, religious freedom, medical freedom of choice - or all three?

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