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Commission reviews six cases of parents convicted of killing their children

BMJ 2004; 330 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.330.7481.10-b (Published 30 December 2004) Cite this as: BMJ 2004;330:10

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Misdiagnosed Symptoms By Physicians

Editor,

“It is naive to claim any system of child protection can be 100% accurate,” says Dr Rumbold in response to the very real concerns of Penny Mellor, Heather Lohr and numerous others When the so-called “child protection” service gets it wrong almost 100% of the time the concerns of the community are justifiably brought to the attention of the world.

MSBP – Misdiagnosed Symptoms By Physicians.

I can produce at least two dozen misdiagnoses. Some of the victims charged with murder others with manslaughter. Ignorance of the Clinical and Radiological features of Rickets and Barlow’s disease … ignorance of Kawasaki disease and of Congenital Toxoplasmosis are the chief causes of misdiagnoses in England, America and Australia.

Michael D Innis FRCPA; FRCPath.

Competing interests: I have given evidence as an Expert witness in cases in America, England and Australia

Competing interests: No competing interests

07 January 2005
Michael D Innis
Director Medisets International
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