Before we begin, a quick warning that in this show we discuss child abuse and this content may be difficult for some listeners.

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The Maya Kowalski case is certainly the most flashy headline grabbing story about a quote false accusation

of munchaus and by proxy or medical child abuse and I certainly have not seen a case that has quite the potential to singularly undermine the ability of doctors to protect vulnerable kids, but it's not an isolated story.

These stories have really become a trend. So, notably, you have Mike

Kixenbogg's 2020 series for NBC, Do No Harm, which featured, among other people people my sister Megan Carter and by the way there's

also a lawsuit against a children's hospital in San Diego where parents are suing

over the video surveillance of their teen

during a medical child abuse investigation,

and there is the situation in Lehi, Pennsylvania

that really started boiling over this past summer, and that's the one we're going to dig into today.

People believe their eyes.

That's something that actually is so central to this whole issue and to people that experience this

is that we do believe the people that we love when they're telling us something.

If you questioned everything that everyone told you, you couldn't make

it through your day. I'm Andrea Jumlop and this is nobody should believe me. Just as a reminder, if you want even more new content in the meantime, you can subscribe on

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Right now, I am deep diving the Justina Pelletier case with Dr. Bex.

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In some sense, if you've seen one of these stories,

you've seen them all.

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