Roy Green - Sat Jan 10 - Cancer Segment
Roy Green Show
English - January 11, 2015 05:22 - 17 minutes - 16 MB - ★★★★ - 3 ratingsNews Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
In Connecticut, 17 year old Cassandra Fortin was forcibly removed from her parents home and ordered by a court to undergo chemotherapy for Hodgkins Lymphoma. Cassandra ran away to avoid chemotherapy. She doesn't want to experience the misery of chemotherapy. Does the state have the right to order a 17 year old to undergo what is described by doctors as life-saving chemotherapy? A leading bioethicist says and writes, the state does have the right and in fact, the obligation to force Cassandra to undergo chemo.
Guest: Dr. Arthur Caplan. Founding director, Division of Medical Ethics, at NYU's Langone Medical Centre. Author: Ethics in Mental Health Care and Smart Mice, Not So Smart People.
On the issue of cancer, The Princess Margaret Cancer Foundation in Toronto has launched the first-ever #NoHairSelfie campaign. It continues until World Cancer Day, February 4.
Canadians being asked to actually or virtually shave their heads on Feb 4, to demonstrate their support for the thousands of cancer patients and their treatment journey on World Cancer Day.
Guest: Paul Alofs. President and CEO, Princess Margaret Cancer Foundation
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In Connecticut, 17 year old Cassandra Fortin was forcibly removed from her parents home and ordered by a court to undergo chemotherapy for Hodgkins Lymphoma. Cassandra ran away to avoid chemotherapy. She doesn't want to experience the misery of chemotherapy. Does the state have the right to order a 17 year old to undergo what is described by doctors as life-saving chemotherapy? A leading bioethicist says and writes, the state does have the right and in fact, the obligation to force Cassandra to undergo chemo.
Guest: Dr. Arthur Caplan. Founding director, Division of Medical Ethics, at NYU's Langone Medical Centre. Author: Ethics in Mental Health Care and Smart Mice, Not So Smart People.
On the issue of cancer, The Princess Margaret Cancer Foundation in Toronto has launched the first-ever #NoHairSelfie campaign. It continues until World Cancer Day, February 4.
Canadians being asked to actually or virtually shave their heads on Feb 4, to demonstrate their support for the thousands of cancer patients and their treatment journey on World Cancer Day.
Guest: Paul Alofs. President and CEO, Princess Margaret Cancer Foundation
See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.