Product Description
What's a more frightening nightmare for parents than their children's illness? It is losing custody of their children.
In the United States, parents risk losing custody of their children forever when they disagree with doctors' recommended treatments or even when they want a second opinion.
The Werneckes in 2005, Corissa Mueller in 2002, Valerie Emerson in 1998, Tina Phifer in 1997, and a slew of other parents, said no to doctors and lost their children.
Shirley Cheng, a victim and survivor of this injustice, brings awareness to the public of this issue, informs parents of the legal consequences of dissent, and above all, seeks to put an end to this crime against humanity. Her mother Juliet Cheng had battled two horrifying custody cases only after refusing harmful treatments. The 1990 case made international headlines and gained support from celebrities, such as Katharine Hepburn and Taiwan's former first lady Soong May-ling.
Cheng's advocacy book poses these important questions, among others:
• Do Doctors Really Know best?
• Why do doctors ask yes or no when parents must say yes?
• Why are parents guilty until proven innocent?
• State vs. parents-who loves children the most?
• Does the state prosecute parents justly?
• Who is responsible for children's accidents?
• Knowledge vs. love-which is more important in children's care?
Cheng's book includes a few of the recent custody cases in America.
Author: Shirley Cheng
ISBN: 9780614149943
Binding: Perfect, 6" x 9" (150mm x 230mm) trade paperback, 160 pages
Genres: Humanities, Parenting, Law, Medical, American Government, Civil Rights, Medical
"(We) not only highly recommend this very effective and thorough account of the injustice in our medical system, we also applaud Shirley Cheng for yet another outstanding, inspirational and hard truth read!" -Dorothy Lafrinere from Womens Self-Esteem
"A noble writer and fighter for freedom… Readers will not be the same after reading Cheng's passionate words." -Christina Francine, Midwest Book Reviews
About the Author:
Shirley Cheng (b. 1983), a blind and physically disabled award-winning author (with fourteen awards, including five Parent to Parent Adding Wisdom Awards), motivational speaker, self-empowerment expert, poet, author and contributor to 25 books, and a parental rights advocate, has had severe juvenile rheumatoid arthritis since infancy. Owing to years of hospitalization, she received no education until age eleven. Back then, she knew only her ABCs and very simple English. However, after attending only about 180 days of elementary school, she mastered grade level and entered middle school. Unfortunately, Shirley lost her eyesight at age seventeen. After a successful eye surgery, she hopes to earn multiple science doctorates from Harvard University.
