From Munchausen's Syndrome by Proxy to Medical Child Abuse: Shifting Focus to the Victim and Away from the Abuser

Presenter Information

Carole Jenny M.D., Professor of Pediatrics at Brown University, Director of the ChildSafe child protection program at Hasbro Children's Hospital
Thomas A. Roesler M.D., Associate Professor at the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Co-Director of the Hasbro Children's Partial Hospital Program
Thomas H. Allison DVM, Esq., Associate Counsel at the ClevelandClinic Law Department
Johanna Goldfarb M.D., Director of the Center for Pediatric Infectious Diseases at the Cleveland Clinic
Yvonne Billingsley Esq., Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, Supervisor of the Children and Family Services Unit
Michelle A. Myers Esq., In Charge Assistant Prosecuting Attorney in the Children and Family Services Unit of the Office of the Cuyahoga County Prosecutor

Location

Cleveland-Marshall College of Law

Start Date

7-3-2012 1:00 PM

End Date

7-3-2012 4:00 PM

Description

Physicians and attorneys will address the issues surrounding medical child abuse. Attendees will learn the history of Munchausen's Syndrome by Proxy and medical child abuse, and find out why the legal and medical communities strive to rid their vocabularies of the term, “Munchausen's Syndrome by Proxy.” Additionally, the physicians will discuss how medical child abuse can be detected and the appropriate steps to ensure a child's safety. Finally, the attorneys will highlight the relevant Ohio Revised Code Sections that are impacted by medical child abuse.

This program is hosted by the Cleveland-Marshall College of Law Journal of Law and Health and Center for Health Law and Policy.

Speaker Information

For additional resources, see the Munchausen's Syndrome & Medical Child Abuse Resource Guide.