Differing Opinions on TBI's in Children May Hinder Child Abuse Detection and Prevention
Researchers at Indiana University School of Medicine found that pediatricians and pathologists were unable to agree whether certain traumatic brain injury cases were caused by child abuse in 50% of the incidents. Antoinette Laskey, forensic pediatrician and assistant professor at Indiana University School of Medicine, says that the study's results illustrate the dire need to develop uniform definitions to detect and prevent child abuse.
