Judge to decide if family can refuse chemo for boy
Friday, May 15, 2009 - 03:49
in Health & Medicine
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- A Minnesota judge is expected to decide whether a family can refuse chemotherapy for a 13-year-boy's cancer and treat him with natural medicine, even though doctors say it's effectively a death sentence....
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