Andrea Dunlop
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lawsuit, that came up in my sister's lawsuits, that came up obviously in the Maya Kowalski case. You know, their job is to evaluate abuse in a medical context. So this is a tool to evaluate. And I think it's worth saying that they use video surveillance in other capacities in hospitals, right?
To monitor for seizure activity, to monitor for other things, that it is a medical tool and that is how it is used by hospitals and by child abuse pediatricians.
To monitor for seizure activity, to monitor for other things, that it is a medical tool and that is how it is used by hospitals and by child abuse pediatricians.
To monitor for seizure activity, to monitor for other things, that it is a medical tool and that is how it is used by hospitals and by child abuse pediatricians.
And I think certainly like when you see a parent persistently talking about a child's death who has not been diagnosed with a terminal illness, when they are consulting things like palliative care, hospice care, TPN nutrition for a child that doesn't need it, when you're seeing those kinds of escalations.
And I think certainly like when you see a parent persistently talking about a child's death who has not been diagnosed with a terminal illness, when they are consulting things like palliative care, hospice care, TPN nutrition for a child that doesn't need it, when you're seeing those kinds of escalations.
And I think certainly like when you see a parent persistently talking about a child's death who has not been diagnosed with a terminal illness, when they are consulting things like palliative care, hospice care, TPN nutrition for a child that doesn't need it, when you're seeing those kinds of escalations.
If you have concerns about induction of illness through contamination of a child's line that could lead to, you know, sepsis. And, you know, those kind of things should be taken really seriously. And I think that that's always where kind of the tension in child protection comes in, right? Like where does a parent's rights matter?
If you have concerns about induction of illness through contamination of a child's line that could lead to, you know, sepsis. And, you know, those kind of things should be taken really seriously. And I think that that's always where kind of the tension in child protection comes in, right? Like where does a parent's rights matter?
If you have concerns about induction of illness through contamination of a child's line that could lead to, you know, sepsis. And, you know, those kind of things should be taken really seriously. And I think that that's always where kind of the tension in child protection comes in, right? Like where does a parent's rights matter?
right to make medical decisions for their child and or, you know, where does a parent's right to privacy end if a child's life is in danger? And you are making different decisions with a different sense of urgency if you feel that the child's life is genuinely at risk because you do not know when that will escalate.
right to make medical decisions for their child and or, you know, where does a parent's right to privacy end if a child's life is in danger? And you are making different decisions with a different sense of urgency if you feel that the child's life is genuinely at risk because you do not know when that will escalate.
right to make medical decisions for their child and or, you know, where does a parent's right to privacy end if a child's life is in danger? And you are making different decisions with a different sense of urgency if you feel that the child's life is genuinely at risk because you do not know when that will escalate.
You don't know where along the progression you are at any given moment, and particularly if a child has something like a feeding tube or a port that could lead to death instantly, then that certainly is going to elevate that concern.
You don't know where along the progression you are at any given moment, and particularly if a child has something like a feeding tube or a port that could lead to death instantly, then that certainly is going to elevate that concern.
You don't know where along the progression you are at any given moment, and particularly if a child has something like a feeding tube or a port that could lead to death instantly, then that certainly is going to elevate that concern.
Right. And their job is to evaluate the medical piece.
Right. And their job is to evaluate the medical piece.
Right. And their job is to evaluate the medical piece.
And, you know, something that is not mentioned contextually a lot of times in the media coverage of these cases is that child abuse pediatricians, number one, the data shows us that they find, you know, find have findings of abuse in less than 50 percent of the cases that they evaluate and also that they are less likely to come up with findings of abuse than their less well-trained colleagues.