Posted AT 7:55 AM EDT on 13/05/08
The best chance at life
Decisions about medical treatment for critically ill children open up a world of competing sorrows. The case of the 11-year-old Ontario boy with leukemia, whose father refused a second round of chemotherapy for him, is no exception.
The rights of parents to decide on medical treatment for their children flows from a presumption that they will act in their children's "best interests.
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