posted on Nov, 21 2010 @ 10:15 AM
Vitamin C and the Law
We, as patients, have the right to any therapy that is not prohibitively expensive, established to be effective, and not prohibitively toxic.
Any physician, or panel of hospital-based physicians, that claim intravenous vitamin C is experimental, unapproved, of no value, or posing
unwarranted risks to the health of the patient, is demonstrating a complete and total ignorance and denial of scientific literature.
A doctor does have the right to refuse to see or treat you. A doctor does not have the right to deny you any therapy that is inexpensive
and and nontoxic. Ultimately there is no defense for a doctor withholding valid treatment, especially when that information can be easily accessed.
While a hospital may or may not have a legal right to tell its doctors what they may or may not do, the patient and the family of the patient have the
legal right to sue that hospital for any negative outcome that is perceived to directly result from such interference in patient care (like the case
in the OP video).
The patient and the family of the patient also have the right to sue any physician that refuses to administer an inexpensive, nontoxic therapy that is
established to be of use in the medical literature, such as intravenous vitamin C, especially when no other options other than permitting the
patient to die are offered (like the case in the OP video).
Doctors have a very strong herd mentality, and they do not do well when forced to deal with a lawsuit alone; which would seriously question why an
approved medicine such as intravenous vitamin C was withheld from the patient.
It is a very common defense for the hospital administration to suggest that "further studies" are required. Of course more information is always
useful, but vitamin C has already been researched more than any other supplement, or even most pharmaceutical drugs, in the history of the planet. We
should not allow another 70 years of research to go by before its proper use and administration begins.
If we are using the conventional allopathic system we should always try to make an alliance with our doctor and avoid an adversarial relationship if
at all possible. Theoretically, if the doctor really wants to do what is best for the patient and is not more concerned with being told what to do, a
lot of stress and conflict can be avoided by everyone. However, never hesitate to let your doctor know directly that you will avail yourself of all
your rights or your family member's rights as a patient to optimal health care if so forced.
Certainly as is the case in the second video/second post regarding cancer and the use of intravenous vitamin C; this topic is becoming
increasingly pressing and relevant to all of us as instances of cancer rates continue to climb. At this stage, and still unfortunately, it's our
responsibility to become informed about treatments for chronic disease rather than just believing that "trust" in medical authority decisions is our
best option.