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b'Justina Pelletier was a 14-year-old girl diagnosed with a rare genetic disorder that required numerous surgeries and caused severe pain. When she was taken to Boston Children\\u2019s Hospital, doctors suspected Justina\\u2019s issues were psychological and not physical - and they suspected her parents were committing medical child abuse.\\n\\nOver the next 16 months, the Pelletiers used the media and threats of litigation to apply pressure on the hospital and the state to discharge their daughter. But administrators said these hardball tactics made it impossible to get Justina care at other facilities, further harming her prognosis.\\n\\nThe Peacock documentary series \\u201cThe Battle for Justina Pelletier\\u201d looks at the very public tug-of-war between parents and physicians convinced they\\u2019re doing the best thing for a sick child, as well as the exploits of a computer hacker who came to her cause. It also explores the thornier question of what Justina\\u2019s medical issues truly were and how that affected the adults\\u2019 decisions.'