Dear Prudence,
My wonderful, sweet, generous friend is currently battling late-stage cancer that has metastasized through her entire body. We are all devastated by her illness and have been giving all we can to support her financially and physically. My husband and I, though we don’t have a lot of spare money, give as much as we can afford to to help to ease her burdens. She is now asking for financial help to send her to a “cancer clinic” known for being run by a quack doctor using pseudoscience. I’m angry that this kind of place is allowed to exist, giving false hope to terminal cases and draining their much-needed money in the process, but I know how desperate she must be. How do I show her love and support without contributing financially to this charlatan?