Excuse me? Does he not have a brain? A mouth to speak? He dosn't have a right to choose his own treatment? He dosn't have a right to say no because he isn't the magic age of 18? Wow.
It's a basic human right to say no to something we don't want, and when you start dictating who can and who cannot say no to something, then you start losing humanity. He has tried chemo, he does not want it. Very simple. His parents support him, as they should. They aren't saying no to treatments, they JUST DON'T WANT CHEMO. It is HIS life. Not anyone else's, not a court, not doctors. It is not the court's life or the doctor's lives, they don't have to live with any consequences or side effects. If they have researched everything and choose to do something else, that is their own personal right and business. As long as a well-informed decision is made, that is their choice. There's plenty being unsaid, and no one knows how much research this family has or has not done, so no assumptions can be made. There is no guarantee he will be cured even with chemo. There is no guarantee his alternative treatments will work either, but they should be allowed to try. Stats are nice, but NO ONe can guarantee a cure. For some people, the "do whatever you want to me so I can live" attitude isn't worth it. For some people, the supposed cure is worse than the disease itself. You may not like it, understand it, whatever, but no one has the right to take away anyone's decision making when it comes to medical treatment for themselves or their minor children. Again, you don't have to like anything about the decision or agree, but just because they don't want to do what the doctors and courts tell them to do does NOT make them bad parents...they are supporting their child with his choice.