MP> ZS>BM>  The patient bears a considerable level of responsibility for
MP> ZS>BM>  their own care.  If anyone blindly accepts what a doctor says
MP> ZS>BM>  merely because they have MD after their names then they probably
MP> ZS>BM>  deserve the treatment they receive.
MP> 
MP> ZS>Do children deserve that kind of treatment if their parent accepts
MP> ZS>what the  doctor says...?
MP> 
MP> A child deserves the best treatment possible. Medication certainly helps 
MP> many children live better lives. Do you want to deny them that?
I think his point is that sometimes children suffer because their parents 
ake
the doctor's word as gold (adults suffer for the same reason) yet the doctor 
has made a diagnosis he/she wasn't qualified to make and prescribed a 
treatment that is ineffective or worse.
That really does happen, and I think that because of our deteriorating health 
care system, there is evidence that it happens more and more frequently, as 
does its counterpart, FAILING to diagnose or treat people who need help.
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