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Parents in Ohio no longer want to continue with treatments due to religious beliefs, but the doctors believe that the chemotherapy will indeed work. The parents and doctors are fighting in court. The parents want to use holistic remedies when the doctors believe she will die. The parents believe that this is a fight against their personal rights as parents.

This blog discusses vaccine injuries and your right as a parent to keep your child from harm. Many doctors refuse to care for children who are not vaccinated which could make it difficult to receive proper medical care. Doctors and pharmacuetical companies are protected against vaccine injury lawsuits but they refuse to see the correaltion between vaccines and Autsim or other neurological injuries.

This article touches on what Michigan doctors and the public feel about Physician assisted suicide and euthanasia. An outstanding number of doctors and public agree that Physician Assisted suicide should be a way for patients with terminally ill disease should pass.

Only one state, Oregon, has legalized assisted suicide. The Oregon statute, which went into effect in October 1997, provides that a doctor may prescribe, but not administer, a lethal dose of medication to a patient who has less than six months to live. Two doctors must agree that the patient is mentally competent and that the decision was voluntary. As of April 1999, 23 patients were given drugs under the statute, and 15 of them used the drugs to commit suicide. A report released by the Oregon state Health Division reviewing the first year of the law's implementation found that the law was working well and had not been subject to abuse.

"The piece highlights Dr. Richard Wesley, a physician who was diagnosed with ALS four years ago, is now wheelchair bound, and seems to find immense relief in knowing when he can choose his end."

This article was a perfect example of equally divided opinions of this topic. The doctors say it is damaging causing depression and anxiety later on in life. The doctors are also saying that it will teach your child to react to situations in their lives with the same anger and resentment. On the other hand there are parents that live and breath everyday with their children. There has to be a middle ground for discipline. A great deal of interviewed mothers felt it was a necessary discipline tool while there were maybe a handful that felt it could be damaging. There is one question I am looking to have answered. Why is there such a gap between what doctors say and what parents practice?

I often think that individuals should have the freedom to self prescribe or have access to medication that doctors would prescribe without a prescription. This article from The Washington Post is an excellent reminder or why people should NOT have the freedom to buy dangerous drugs without doctor's consent. It gives examples of how online drug stores run their business using a middle man and a phone doctor to issue the medications. There is a story about one online pharmacy, run by an ex-felon, that went from filling 17 prescriptions in 6 months to over 1100 in a month. The author also mentions stories of indiviuals affected by this problem.

Opinions are listed in this article. Personal opinions usually stem from experiences. Its a personal freedom taken away from the affected patient.

This article talks about whether doctor assisted death is "mercy or murder." There are factors that come into play such as, emotional stress or physical pain that determine what kind of help the patient needs.

This article argues that there are some disadvantages to the law that has passed to protect a person's privacy in regards to his healthcare. It claims that many doctor offices, hospitals, and pharmacies have gone overboard in order to protect the privacy of their patrons and employees. The article claims that HIPAA compliance is beginning to cost more to the healthcare industry than it saves.

This article talks about a doctor who assisted a patient to release lethal drugs in her body in attempt for suicide. However, the doctor was tried for second degree murder and was sentenced to jail for nine years. The judge refused to hear arguments from the patient's family.

If we had Universal Healthcare, no one would go with out seeing a doctor when they need to, or getting medicine they need to survive. We would also spend less money on healthcare. It would also prevent less medical errors, which would save more lives

Legislation concerning doctor-assisted suicide is explored in this site. Several states are currently considering new legislation on this matter, including Maine, Michigan, Florida, Oregon, Iowa and New Hampshire. This issue is deeply divisive, and this website explores these divisions.

This website discusses the issue of physician-assisted suicide. It explores the ethics of such an act, as well as the proliferation of such requests. It offers the opinion that doctors must respect the patient's wishes not to endure life-prolonging treatments that do little to help the patient's quality of life. However, it does not advocate nor denigrate assisted suicide.

If there is a man, or a woman, who feels they are the opposite what they were born, why should society and doctors put them through so many tests? It should be their right to change their gender, it should not be up to doctors and psychotherapists.

In previous posts, we've seen why Planned Parenthood has been threaten by being defund but what we don't know is why medical doctors prefer fetal tissue. Some say that it's because it can adapt easier than adult cells. Without fetal tissue, doctors would've never discovered vaccines and such to keep our human race on it's feet.

A group of doctors and women's rights advocates challenged Arizona's new abortion limits in a federal lawsuit on Thursday, claiming that they violate the Constitution and pose a threat to women's health. The law, set to take effect on Aug.

Oregon has a system in place for people to make some choices about their end of life care and whether they want to have their lives sustained or not. The state has set up a database for EMT's and doctors to make it easier to follow the wishes of the patients. Most patients who fill out the POLSR don't want to be resuscitated.

This article talks about whether people should have the right to a Doctor Assisted Death or not. It continues by stating that If people are suffering then they should have this right.

This article talks about the pain that people suffer in which they would like the option of doctor-assisted suicide. There is a new case brought up about this right from November of 2011. The likes and dislikes of this right are also talked about in this page.

These law was passed in taxes stating that 24 hours before having an abortion and sonograms(ultrasound). And the doctor is require to give a description of the sonogram. People that are against these say that its to much emotional problems for the person that has made the decision.