Originally posted by @no1marauderIn Ontario.
Hardly:
Physicians have a fiduciary responsibility to their patients...
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Originally posted by @no1marauderDo you think parents who refuse to administer State mandated treatments to their children should be treated as criminals?
It's more like not giving your kid medicine knowing he'll die because you didn't.
E.g. Jehovah’s Witnesses and blood?
Originally posted by @athousandyoungIn the US as well:
In Ontario.
https://biotech.law.lsu.edu/books/lbb/x236.htm
Originally posted by @athousandyoungThat's an off-topic hypothetical. The one I gave was precisely tailored to the facts of this case.
Do you think parents who refuse to administer State mandated treatments to their children should be treated as criminals?
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Originally posted by @no1marauderNo it wasn’t you brought up the parent child relationship as it applies to treatments. There is no parent child relationship here.
That's an off-topic hypothetical. The one I gave was precisely tailored to the facts of this case.
Originally posted by @no1marauderThen this decision was illegal and why are we discussing it?
In the US as well:
https://biotech.law.lsu.edu/books/lbb/x236.htm
Originally posted by @athousandyoungIt wasn't illegal in Texas.
Then this decision was illegal and why are we discussing it?
We are discussing it because the Texas' law is clearly aberrational and in violation of established norms in the US.
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Originally posted by @no1marauderThat Texas law is illegal under Federal Law according to the link you just gave.
It wasn't illegal in Texas.
We are discussing it because the Texas' law is clearly aberrational and in violation of established norms in the US.
Originally posted by @athousandyoungThere is a fiduciary relationship between a doctor and a patient; your comparison postulated a stranger. A parent-child relationship is just another type of fiduciary relationship.https://www.stimmel-law.com/en/articles/fiduciary-duty-what-it-and-what-does-it-impose-upon-you
No it wasn’t you brought up the parent child relationship as it applies to treatments. There is no parent child relationship here.
Originally posted by @athousandyoungYou should know that is something I would never suggest.
Law does not define morality if that is what you are suggesting.
Originally posted by @no1marauderAnd in the parent child fiduciary relationship is it immoral or illegal to refuse to treat your children even though the government insists you “know better” ?
There is a fiduciary relationship between a doctor and a patient; your comparison postulated a stranger. A parent-child relationship is just another type of fiduciary relationship.https://www.stimmel-law.com/en/articles/fiduciary-duty-what-it-and-what-does-it-impose-upon-you
Originally posted by @no1marauderBut you imply it when you show us laws as evidence of the morality of something.
You should know that is something I would never suggest.
Originally posted by @no1marauderWho decides if the parent knows the child will be saved by the medicine and what should be the penalty?
It's more like not giving your kid medicine knowing he'll die because you didn't.
Originally posted by @athousandyoungI don't believe I did.
But you imply it when you show us laws as evidence of the morality of something.