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April 2012 Blog Posts (156)

The Agonizing, Complicated, Lingering Questions of Shaken Baby Syndrome

Ten years after Matthew Eappen’s death – for which nanny Louise Woodward was convicted of involuntary manslaughter – a doctor who treated the infant has reversed his position on the case. Why is so much still unknown about shaken baby syndrome?

By MARY CARMICHAEL | February 11, 2007

On February 9, 1997, suffering from massive brain trauma after apparently being shaken and…

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international-family-justice-report-2011-2012.pdf

http://www.judiciary.gov.uk/Resources/JCO/Documents/Reports/international-family-justice-report-2011-2012.pdf

Added by Alison J Stevens on April 7, 2012 at 13:47 — No Comments

Expert' doctor took away my baby because I was trying to be a good mother

By Katherine Faulkner

PUBLISHED: 22:27, 6 April 2012 | UPDATED: 22:27, 6 April 2012

A woman has told how her baby was taken into care after controversial psychiatrist Dr George Hibbert said she was trying too hard to be ‘the perfect mother’.

The leading doctor is already facing claims he deliberately misdiagnosed parents with…

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Erring On The Skeptical Side Of Shaken Baby in Smith Case

When Shirley Ree Smithwas convicted of killing her grandson in a Van Nuys apartment in 1997, “shaken-baby syndrome” was all the rage.

If a baby showed signs of bleeding in the brain, the…

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Special Guardianship Orders - A Guide for Grandparents

Special Guardianship Orders - A Guide for Grandparents

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Rare Disease Mimics Child Abuse and Tears Family Apart

PHOTO: David and Tiffany O'Shell of Henderson, Colo., with their daughter, Alyssa.

David and Tiffany O'Shell of Henderson, Colo., with their daughter, Alyssa. (Courtesy of Paul Cuin)

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Mom cleared in child abuse investigation; “bruises” are birth marks

http://kdvr.com/2012/04/05/mom-suspected-of-child-abuse-cleared-after-spots-found-to-be-birth-mark/

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A Look Back at the Shaken Baby Case

http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/OnCall/Story?id=3794657&page=2#.T384CpJ1Z1E

Added by Alison J Stevens on April 6, 2012 at 19:30 — No Comments

Shaken Baby Syndrome: A Diagnosis Challenged

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/the-child-cases/shaken-baby-syndrome/

Added by Alison J Stevens on April 6, 2012 at 19:23 — No Comments

Interview Dr. Patrick Barnes

He is a doctor and Stanford professor who specializes in pediatric radiology and neuroradiology, and also is a member of the Lucile Packard Children's Hospital SCAN [Suspected Child Abuse and Neglect] team. Barnes was a key prosecution witness in the 1997 trial of Louise Woodward, the British nanny who was accused of shaking an 8-month-old baby to death, hitting his head and causing fatal bleeding. The trial was a turning point for…

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