A Minneapolis pediatrician said he felt pressured to “fall in line” with child abuse specialist Dr. Nancy Harper and her team. Then he was given a choice: resign or be fired.

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  • A New Medical Specialty: Child abuse pediatricians diagnose and document signs of abuse. Their work has come under growing skepticism for the frequent use of the shaken baby syndrome diagnosis.
  • Some Controversial Diagnoses: Dr. Nancy Harper, a Minnesota child abuse pediatrician, has been criticized by doctors, lawyers and even a judge for how she handled some cases of alleged child abuse.
  • The Price of Criticism: Dr. Bazak Sharon said he lost his job after questioning how Harper and her team made abuse diagnoses. Hospital officials said he failed to follow appropriate protocols.
  • HellsBelle@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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    21 hours ago

    “If you haven’t heard Dr. Harper testify, she does a wonderful job. She knows her stuff,” Allard, who is also the head of the county attorney’s child abuse team, said at the summit. “We just barely try to keep up understanding what she’s talking about. So we just kind of let her go.”

    When someone is given absolute power they become absolutely corrupted by that power.

    Dr. Harper needs to stop believing she’s incapable of making mistakes.

  • Lembot_0004@discuss.online
    124·
    23 hours ago

    That’s how it works now: shut up and smile or get banned. Even here, on Lemmy, where I was hoping to avoid fascist Reddit moderation I was once banned for “antagonistic messages”. How dare I express an opinion that doesn’t match the “correct” one?

    I can’t assess who is crazy in this pediatric fight, but asking questions and expressing professional opinions should never lead to losing the job.