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Dilemmas:
Forced
Treatment
By Savannah Brock
Forced Treatment
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The case of Schloendorff vs. Society of New York Hospital in 1914 decided that every human
being has the right to choose what happens to his or her body. This means that a person can
refuse treatment if he or she knows the risks at hand.
Vocabulary
- Chemotherapy: the treatment of disease by means of chemicals that have a
specific toxic effect upon the disease-producing microorganisms or that
selectively destroy cancerous tissue.
- Hodgkins lymphoma: Cancer of the part of the immune system called the
lymphatic system.
Citations
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Macklin, Ruth, PH.D. Jan 12, 2015. The Ethical Dilemma of Forced Chemotherapy on a Teen.
Albert Einstein College of Medicine. <http://blogs.einstein.yu.edu/the-ethical-dilemma-offorced-chemotherapy-on-a-teen/>
Goldschmidt, Debra. Mar 11, 2015. Connecticut teen in remission as forced chemo nears end.
CNN. <http://www.cnn.com/2015/03/10/health/teen-getting-forced-chemo-in-remission/>
Apr 18, 2016. Teen forced to undergo cancer treatment says new mass found. Fox News.
<http://www.foxnews.com/health/2016/04/18/teen-forced-to-undergo-cancer-treatment-saysnew-mass-found.html>