[Polybius]

For those parents that are concerned about this type of thing this site is a good read but heartbreaking http://prayforkatie.blogspot.com/

The link you provided was about a child with Hodgkin's Disease that was taken by Child Protective Services for treatment.

With treatment, Hodgkin's Disease currently has approximately an 85% cure rate.

Without treatment, Hodgkin's Disease will be 100% fatal.

Is it your position that parents should be allowed by society to decide whether or not to withold treatment and condemn their children to death in such cases?

[vrwc0915]

I see that you are fond of statistics:
According to a 2000 National Academy of Sciences report, medical errors cause more than 98,000 deaths a year
44,000 to 98,000 deaths annually from medical errors (Institute of Medicine)

These stats are secondary to my point, it seems like you have a problem with people questioning MD's or getting second opinions.

Furthermore the link I provided there is credible information that the girl no longer had Hodgkin's.

The original case that started the thread the doctor was wrong the girl did not have meningitis yet she was kidnapped from her parents and forced to undergo a procedure that has the potential to cause death or disability and you think this is ok.

So answer me truthfully is it ego, fear of lawsuit, or genuine concern for patients that make you feel like someone who makes an informed decision against a MD's wishes deserves to have their children kidnapped under the color of law? I think that if a parent is refusing treatment that will in a acute setting result in death rapidly if immediate intervention is not preformed than there are some rare cases where MD's should intervene preforming a LP after a child's symptoms have lessened is not one of them, taking your child to a different doctor for a second opinion for treatment of Hogdkin's is not one I don't think either of us are going to agree so I will leave it at that.