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To: grania

It has been the case ever since I can remember that parents are not allowed to refuse medical treatment for their child. I remember court cases like this coming up in the 1960s and 1970s. The parents lose these cases.

In this specific case, we really do not know what is going on. The girl could be a victim of Munchausen by proxy, in which case her parents are convincing her that she has a real disease, and the medical doctors have found otherwise. Parents engaged in Munchausen by proxy can kill their children, all the while displaying a high level of concern and affection for their child. I shouldn’t actually say “parents”, since usually it is the mother imposing Munchausen by proxy, and the father, thinking that she is displaying love for the children, never suspects the dark truth. In extreme Munchausen by proxy, mothers hurt or poison their own children. Munchausen is a mental illness.


7 posted on 12/21/2013 6:43:01 AM PST by exDemMom (Current visual of the hole the US continues to dig itself into: http://www.usdebtclock.org/)
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To: exDemMom
Munchasen is a mental illness

Wouldn't it be better for everyone involved if the family or the parent got consuling? It's very hard to assume the state not going overboard on power trips if medical decisions don't involve the parents.

8 posted on 12/21/2013 6:52:50 AM PST by grania
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