http://www.recapo.com/the-doctors/the-doctors-kids/doctors-rickets-controversy-doctors-better-educated/
Pay close attention to this recap. In my opinion Dr. Ayoub is on the
spot but holds his own excellently. Dr Slovis is defensive. His last
comment is the most telling. "“We haven’t forgotten our past,” he said.
“There is no huge epidemic of
rickets. The first thing we have to change is preventing child abuse.
It’s great to talk about treating it. We have to prevent child abuse.”
A
lack of understanding rickets is monumental among child abuse experts,
radiologists and pediatricians. They all seem to resort to the "we have
to prevent child abuse".
That is fine and
dandy until that blatant stand destroys an innocent family. It is held
by many that it is better to risk getting it wrong than to risk a child
being abused. That is ABSURD! The medical research is available that can
clearly identify abuse from a medical condition. Ignorance, Egos and
self righteous attitudes are causing irreversible harm to the infants and
their families.
War is a classic example of how this should be viewed.
Consider WW II and how thousands of civilians were killed during bombing
raids. Fast forward to modern bombing. Collateral damage is minimized
by better targeting technology. In the past blind ideology about
attacking our enemies with everything we had, worked, but at what cost?
When you focus on just winning, The result only satisfies the side
that attacked. The bigger spectrum should always be in getting it
right.
So long as Abuse experts, Rradiologists and Pediatricians presume their goal is to only prevent
children from being abused, collateral damage will continue.
The
mind set should be that removing a child from a loving family is
something that should also be prevented and every step it takes to get
the diagnosis right needs to be pursued.
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