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nothing new under the sun https://www.nbcnews.com/video/how-a-doctor-s-accusation-of-medical-child-abuse-separated-a-mother-from-her-child-70982213819 https://www.medpagetoday.com/publichealthpolicy/ethics/84597 'Out of Control' Child Abuse Docs After an emergency department physician had his newborn baby taken away, other doctors at Children's Wisconsin hospital are warning that their child abuse pediatrician team is "out of control," NBC News and the Houston Chronicle reported Last May, John Cox, MD, fell asleep with his adopted baby daughter on his chest, and woke up to the child screaming. She seemed fine, but to be safe he brought her to the pediatrician, who also worked at Children's Wisconsin. Child abuse pediatricians there raised concerns about tiny bruises -- some of which turned out to be birthmarks -- and the baby was eventually taken from Cox and his wife, Sadie Dobrozsi, MD, a pediatric oncologist at the hospital. Now, eight months after the child was removed by Child Protective Services, a prosecutor has filed felony abuse charges against Cox. Yet 15 medical experts who later reviewed the case said they saw no real harm, NBC News and the Houston Chronicle reported. "Taking her to our own hospital was the single most harmful decision that we made for our baby," Cox told the news outlets. Some doctors at the hospital say they're so alarmed by Cox's story that they're now hesitant to have children evaluated by their child abuse pediatricians. Three doctors at Children's Wisconsin even said they were pressured by child abuse pediatricians there to alter medical records. "Essentially they've asked us to edit medical records to help the state prosecute parents. It's completely inappropriate," one doctor said. The story is the latest in an ongoing series by the news outlets investigating the relatively new subspecialty of child abuse pediatricians

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