This is a fine line, for sure. Certainly chemotherapy is pretty horrific, but we're not talking about extreme, experimental treatment. If treated now, the probability that the boy will survive is good. If not treated, the boy's chances are bad. The article I read said 80-90 percent success if treated, 5 percent chance of survival if not treated.
First of all, you can't give a great deal of weight to the boy's wishes. Thirteen is not old enough to be making life and death decisions. And you have to consider that his parents have probably assured him that he'll live if he does as they say.
At that point, you're really talking about the parents' rights, not the child's. And the courts take children away from their parents all the time, if it appears that the child is in an abusive or dangerous situation. The parents' decision is, statistically speaking, a death sentence for the child. I think I'm going to side with the courts on this one.
Now maybe the courts in Germany would not do this. But I would note that Germany has always given much more credence to non-traditional remedies than the US. Many treatments, such as homeopathy, that are legitimate in Germany are considered quackery in the US. So you're talking about quite different standards for acceptable medical care between the two countries.
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