Child Abuse

A Second Opinion When Doctors Accuse Parents of Child Abuse

In this case, CPS called upon child abuse pediatrician Dr. Elizabeth Woods, a new director at the Child Abuse Intervention program at Mary Bridge Children’s Hospital in Tacoma. Although she told me on the phone she had “14 years of child abuse experience,” in actual fact, Dr. Woods resume tells a different story. She completed only a residency in general pediatrics in 2010 and has not completed a child abuse fellowship.

Niran Al-Agba2020-05-15T00:49:56+00:00December 29, 2019|Categories: Patient, Policy|Tags: Certification, Child Abuse, Child Protective Services, CPS, Dr Woods, Pediatrician, Training Matters, Wrongly Accused|

The Need to Protect Teenagers from Predators Too

Is the notion of adult males having sex with tweens considered quasi-acceptable by society at-large? After all, Epstein told the New York Post in 2011, “I’m not a sexual predator, I’m an ‘offender,’…It’s the difference between a murderer and a person who steals a bagel.” The pediatrician in me finds this notion reprehensible. The mother in me is scared beyond belief. Teenage girls are still children. It is high-time our society started seeing them that way. Bagels, however, will never quite be the same for me, again.

Niran Al-Agba2020-05-26T02:24:38+00:00August 28, 2019|Categories: Patient, Policy|Tags: Child Abuse, Child Rape, Child Safety, Hebephilia, Jeffrey Epstein, MeToo, Pedophilia, Prostitution, Sex Trafficking|