Saturday, December 05, 2009

Doctors Overlook Signs of Child Abuse

Overlook them? Heck, docs contribute to child abuse!
"Physicians often misdiagnose bone fractures caused by child abuse as accidental breaks, particularly if the child is male and the doctor is not a pediatrician, a new study found."
The number one form of child abuse of which we are aware is nutritional child abuse.

Docs are mandatory reporters which means that by law they are required to inform the appropriate agencies of abused children.

But they don't.

And for that they should be held accountable. The law has ways.

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