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Forced Into Chemotherapy Ethical Case Study
The ethical article I chose to reflect upon discusses the ethical case of a teenager being forced into chemotherapy at the age of seventeen. This case is a difficult one, due to Cassandra still being underaged. With all these components in mind, I disagree with what the law/court decided Cassandra’s solution be. She should not have been forced into being administered chemotherapy by any means, even if she was still technically a minor. The law states that if you are a minor, you have to have parental permission to undergo a certain task or in this case, refuse treatment. So, it is also unethical to deny her mother the right to see or speak to her daughter after the court decided against them both. It was harsh enough that this seventeen year
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