Medical Experts in the Family Court: Where Two Worlds Collide
Gresham College Lectures
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Child Protection Body Maps - What's the Difference?
Treating the child is like a jigsaw puzzle, you're trying to piece things together. We use lots of imaging to try and point out what's happened where. The way in which those decisions are made in medicine is very difficult. So I think there's a lot of opinions that might not stand up to court scrutiny. There will be corridor conversations and conversations that go behind the scenes - but they aren't necessarily recorded at the time. And then other professionals get involved afterwards such as police or social services. That's why I talk about this with all the pieces unfolding here... You don't have the benefit of hindsight so we can't sit back and say 'oh well it didn't
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