Countering the Claims

Do a Google search for “Shaken Baby Syndrome” and you’ll find pages and pages of links to web sites containing statements like those in bold italic below. This section takes a critical look at each statement about Shaken Baby Syndrome that appears on the web site of a major, well-respected hospital. Claim: Shaken baby syndrome […]

Medical Mistakes and Misdiagnoses

 Listen to your patient; he is telling you the diagnosis.  —Dr. William Osler I am not aware that I have ever had a mistaken diagnosis.  —Child Abuse Pediatrician Dr. Barbara Knox Doctors are human. That should be obvious, but people seem to expect doctors to be perfect the first time, every time. Patients notice (and […]