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Originally Posted by Incognitas
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/3564605.stm
So just who are we to trust.Parents or Medical Opinion?
How many times are pronouncements made by Medical Experts which are then found not to be the case?
So now how many parents have been prosecuted over this issue who should not have been?
It is so worrying to think how many children have been removed from loving families on what now be rather flimsy evidence.
Incog.
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the trouble is, an abusive parent would be as likely to deny shaking the baby as a non-abusive one.
Equally a Medical 'expert' asked to provide an opinion would be inclined to 'err on the side of caution', as the consequences of failing to diagnose actual abuse could be worse than discounting the possibility.
So yes, it is likely that mis-diagnosis has occurred, but, harshly, the system as it stands 'fails safe' in favour of the child - personally I find that balance tipped the right way?