Dr. Randy Alexander

I'm sure she would say no, that she finds it interesting every day.

And I think most people that like their job well enough, you know, find it some sort of interest every day.

Child abuse is much more common overall.

Now, most victims of child abuse aren't going to end up in a hospital, and most victims may never be identified during their childhood.

And so we have all these studies of adults where we're asking retrospectively, you know, what happened to you during your childhood and everything?

But in point of fact, child abuse is not a rare diagnosis.

It's not always picked up on, but it's something that's out there.

And the point isn't so much about arguing that.

The point is, what can we do about it?

And how could we prevent these sorts of things?

And that's one of the works that child abuse pediatricians who they're trying to vilify.

We're particularly interested in about prevention ideas.

What can we do to help this out?

Because we want kids to have a great childhood.

Can you imagine if everybody by 18 had a terrific childhood?

the chronic diseases all the other stuff that go along with you know having a bad childhood we could have the internists you know have a lot more time on their hands and if we could really get kids off to a healthy start yeah i mean and i think

No, I think you're right.

I think that some things they're more susceptible on doing.

You don't get defense witnesses arguing about sexual abuse particularly.

And so not much of an industry there.