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Re: 17-year-old cancer patient cannot refuse c....

Makayla Sault, earlier First Nation child, who refused chemo, relapsed: doctor. * www.cbc.ca/ news/ aboriginal/ makayla-sault-earlier-first-nation-child-who-refused-chemo-relapsed-doctor-1.2787249 - McMaster oncologist testifies at hearing in latest case of First Nation girl refusing chemo. After eleven weeks of chemotherapy, she and her family decided to leave treatment to pursue traditional...//
Recent Case Regarding Parent Refusing Chemotherapy For First Nations * www.blg.com/en/newsandpublications/publication_3906 - .....that the child was herself incapable of making the decision to refuse chemotherapy, reason other than the fact that her mother was making decisions in accordance with her native Mohawk culture. ( JJ, an 11 year old Mohawk girl...The judge found that the practice of traditional medicine forms an integral element of the Six Nations’ (the band to which JJ’s family belongs) culture, and that JJ’s mother was deeply committed to her aboriginal culture and the practice of traditional medicine. He found that the decision to pursue aboriginal medicine for JJ, is her mother’s constitutionally protected right, pursuant to s. 35 of the Constitution Act, which the Judge says is not subject to any limitations, reasonable or otherwise. )....////

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