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When A 14-Year-Old Chooses To Die Because Of Religion, Can Anyone Stop Him?

Athletics & Health, Social Sciences

From KUOW.org in Seattle, this in-depth human-interest analysis can serve as a case study for issues of law and religion, adolescent age-of-consent, health care decisions, and similar two-kingdoms tensions.  Dennis Lindberg was 14 when he was diagnosed with leukemia. He refused to received blood transfusions, which ultimately led to his death three weeks after he was diagnosed.

 
 
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