The fight to save their daughter

Published: 7:55PM Thursday December 03, 2009 Source: Close Up

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  Anorexia sufferer Sam Barber - Source: Close Up

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Close Up speak to the parents fighting the health system over the care of their dangerously anorexic daughter.

It's a case of a doctor's informed medical decision versus a girl's parents who believe they know best.

The girl is 18-year old Sam Barber, and she's dangerously ill with anorexia. Doctors believe a clinic in Dunedin is the best place for her, but her parents fear it could make her worse. But because Sam is 18, her parents don't have a say, and under the Mental Health Act Sam can't make decisions of her own.

Close Up spoke to the former Mental Health Commissioner, now a consultant in mental health, Mary O'Hagan.

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