Judge overrules mother over cancer treatment for son

There is no obvious correct answer.

Even uncontroversial treatments may sometimes have dangerous effects, and radiotherapy is hardly 100% safe.

Also, and I feel this strengtens the mother's case, according to the article she is simply not agreeing with the doctors about the need for a second operation after a previous one supposedly failed to completely remove a brain tumor.

So it comes down to whether or not she is willing to accept the doctors' judgement on which is the bigger risk to her son: a second operation or betting that there will be no further sequels without such an operation.

The only thing I can say with certainty here is that it must be awful to have to make such a choice at all.

I have little reason to doubt her. For all I know she is correct. Nor can I fault the doctors and the judge for doing what they believe to be necessary to save the life of a seven years older.

It all comes down to a rather arbitrary choice between trusting the profesionals or trusting the mother's judgement.

Source: http://www.religiousforums.com/forum/current-events/142879-judge-overrules-mother-over-cancer-treatment.html

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