Originally Posted by Livia

If the judge thinks that doctors can save, or at least prolong, the life of the child, then his decision will be made quite quickly, I think. I'm really surprised when a hospital has to get a court order to save a child because of their parents' strange beliefs. Many times Jehovah Witnesses refuse blood or organs that could save their child's life and a court has to take the decision out of their hands. In this case, the mother believes in homeopathy - a complementary medicine that did nothing, over the thousands of years it's been in existence, to do away with smallpox, rubella, measles... a whole host of diseases easily curable or preventable now. Homeopathy was around when the survival rate from childbirth was abysmal. Homeopathy was around before penicillin was discovered and people could die from an infected abrasion. And yet somehow, magically, this woman believes it will save her son from his brain tumour? It makes no sense to me.