The Meltdown of Public Health and Personal Freedom
by Byron Richards
When 16-year-old Abraham Cherrix refused to take another round of chemotherapy, his parents quickly found the state wanted custody of their child so they could enforce “health care.” Not only is the child sick and struggling; now he must go to court simply to defend his own health freedom. In patient-centered care, his doctor would be standing up for him. In totalitarian public health, doctors quiver in their boots rather than rock the boat. Yes, we live in the era where the doctor-patient relationship is defined by laws created for drug companies, held in place by state public health laws and a legion of whimpy doctors who cow-toe and live in fear of their licensing boards.....
http://www.newswithviews.com/Richards/byron5.htm
When 16-year-old Abraham Cherrix refused to take another round of chemotherapy, his parents quickly found the state wanted custody of their child so they could enforce “health care.” Not only is the child sick and struggling; now he must go to court simply to defend his own health freedom. In patient-centered care, his doctor would be standing up for him. In totalitarian public health, doctors quiver in their boots rather than rock the boat. Yes, we live in the era where the doctor-patient relationship is defined by laws created for drug companies, held in place by state public health laws and a legion of whimpy doctors who cow-toe and live in fear of their licensing boards.....
http://www.newswithviews.com/Richards/byron5.htm
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