tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post9079635193389640920..comments2024-03-28T18:32:00.146+00:00Comments on Ambush Predator: Medical Experts 21st Century Witchfinders In ActionJuliaMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07844126589712842477noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-70935916454897947222008-12-24T14:07:00.000+00:002008-12-24T14:07:00.000+00:00Merry Christmas to you too :0Merry Christmas to you too :0Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-4452536553744048702008-12-24T13:14:00.000+00:002008-12-24T13:14:00.000+00:00Which, JuliaM 1255, bears out my point for a full ...Which, JuliaM 1255, bears out my point for a full (financial and non-financial) cost-benefit analysis of child protection services. Now, I'll take my pill and r...e...l...a...x. Merry Xmas!paul ilchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02971581388762736463noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-29730210354288842312008-12-24T12:55:00.000+00:002008-12-24T12:55:00.000+00:00"They received medical advice that abuse had taken...<I>"They received medical advice that abuse had taken place; they acted on that advice. They can't really ignore it..."</I><BR/><BR/>Really? They seem quite capable of <A HREF="http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/camilla_cavendish/article5050750.ece?Submitted=true" REL="nofollow">ignoring medical advice</A> when they want to:<I>"When she started living with another man, Bob, and got pregnant by him, her ex-husband sued for custody. He claimed that Ann suffered from a condition that used to be called Munchausen's syndrome by proxy and is now known as fabricated or induced illness (FII). This would have led her to pretend the child was ill.<BR/><BR/><B>Despite a surgeon explaining that he had made most of the medical referrals</B>, social workers seem to have become convinced that Ann was a liar."</I> Once again, it seems that they start by making a decision, then tailor the facts to fit accordingly. The doctor agrees? Ignore it! The doctor disagrees? Ignore it!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-62925523982946662562008-12-24T12:32:00.000+00:002008-12-24T12:32:00.000+00:00I think you have the wrong target in the frame, in...I think you have the wrong target in the frame, in asking for the social worker's heads on a pike, Julia.<BR/><BR/>They received medical advice that abuse had taken place; they acted on that advice. They can't really ignore it (imagine the fuss if they did!), nor are they qualified to question it. <BR/><BR/>The real incompetence lies with the doctors, whose heads really should be on sticks.patentlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00602962323262055007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-91669697138308255632008-12-23T14:25:00.000+00:002008-12-23T14:25:00.000+00:00I'd like to see a full (financial and non-financia...I'd like to see a full (financial and non-financial) cost-benefit analysis of child protection services. I suspect that the harm that is prevented is more than outweighed by the harm that is caused, and that much genuine child abuse is unpreventable (without extremely authoritarian controls on the family) and in some cases ultimately a social benefit (eg the underclass murdering its sprogs, before they grow up to murder others).<BR/><BR/>That said, social workers do seem to do some good work - eg as part of hospital discharge teams, helping the mentally ill or helping the elderly (though the policy of encouraging 'elders' to stay in their own homes is a job-creation scheme for social services).paul ilchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02971581388762736463noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-87074681369041450202008-12-23T12:28:00.000+00:002008-12-23T12:28:00.000+00:00The article doesn't go into detail about what they...The article doesn't go into detail about what they thought they'd found, but I wouldn't be at all surprised. <BR/><BR/>That Higgs and her cronies were still allowed to practice as peadiatricians (she was working in Kent in 2007) is nothing short of disgraceful...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-64452413071093076042008-12-23T11:56:00.000+00:002008-12-23T11:56:00.000+00:00No doubt this "suspicion" of sexual abuse came abo...No doubt this "suspicion" of sexual abuse came about as the result of the discredited and rather unwholesome practice of checking the child for RAD - the modern equivalent of "The Devils Mark" you mention.Stanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15007863347348182876noreply@blogger.com