Frank advice to patient by doctor leads to Board inquiry??

In North Carolina, 77-year-old Dr. Sunderhaus, an eye doctor was treating a patient who complained that the doctor treated her beyond the bounds of decency when he told her that she was irresponsible for being unemployed, on Medicaid, and for relying on taxpayer money to pay for her pregnancy since she had given birth the year [...]

Baby RB – the final chapter

From a legal standpoint, the courtroom drama over the life, and death, of baby RB has ended.  In an unexpected move, baby RB’s father withdrew his opposition to taking the baby off life support.  The judge ordered that the ventilator be removed and that baby RB be switched to palliative care.  The parents both wept [...]

Follow-up on the Baby RB story

All week we have been watching the life and death drama concerning 1-year-old Baby RB.  Since the hearing began last Monday we have heard from experts for ending Baby RB’s life and from those that disagree.  While the hospital’s experts say that Baby RB will succumb eventually to a horribly painful death, doesn’t that testimony [...]

Fighting for the life of a child …

This fight is going on in Britain where the father of a one-year-old is literally fighting for the life of his son.  The baby, “RB”, has a genetic condition called myasthenic syndrome which causes a disconnect between the nerves and the muscles; this affects the baby’s limbs and breathing.  The baby has been in the hospital [...]