Attention on Prevention

The Attention on Prevention podcast brings in guests to talk about the prevention of child and infant maltreatment as well as delve into other parenting issues. We'll bring in families of victims of abuse and victims themselves to discuss their stories, world experts in various medical fields to discuss current research and past experiences as well as other guests with legal and prevention backgrounds. We invite you to take the time to listen and learn about how we can keep our babies safe from harm. Let's focus our attention on prevention. Brought to you by the National Center on Shaken Baby Syndrome.

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Ep 05 - Natasha Shur - The Role of Medical Geneticists in Abusive Head Trauma Cases

September 08, 2022 • NCSBS

In this episode of the Attention on Prevention podcast, we talk to Dr. Natasha Shur, a medical geneticist at Children’s National Medical Center in Washington, D.C. Dr. Shur describes the role of a medical geneticist in abuse cases and how they fill a role within a multi-disciplinary team of doctors in diagnosing abusive head trauma and abuse in general. Dr. Shur warns of the misuse of random genetic testing in abuse cases and how she is seeing cases where misinterpreted data has led to children being misdiagnosed with a genetic disorder without proper testing. We do apologize for the few moments of audio distortion. Brought to you by the National Center on Shaken Baby Syndrome.

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