In the article "Reasonable Suspicion of Child Abuse: Finding a Common Language" Benjamin H. Levi and Sharon G. Portwood talk about how to tell when it as appropriate to report child abuse or not. The article starts out with a very short story about a father bringing his daughter into a doctors office with a bruised nose. How do you know if this is child abuse or if the story that the father is telling is true? This article goes on to discuss how there are many different professions that are entitled to report child abuse when it is seen. They discuss the terms used in these professions like belief, reason to believe, suspect, reasonable suspicion, etc (64). They go into detail about what if you report and have "false negatives" or don't report and leave a child in a horrible situation. Everyone is trying to find a common denominator about where to go, but the lines are fuzzy. Some of the states have a 20% surety report rate and some states are much higher. This article explores these problems.
In "Retinal Haemorrhages in Premature Infants: A Pathogenic Alternative Diagnosis to Child Abuse" by Hans C. Fledelius focuses on the retinal bleeds in an infants eyes. He describes the different types of bleeds that he had seen in 11 different cases and compared them to Shaken Baby Syndrome. He tries to describe that most retinal bleeds in infants happen before a child leaves the mothers body. He goes on to describe what each on looks like and keeps track of each child as they age. Shaken Baby Syndrome has a different affect on the child's eyes. He describes this type of abuse in his article.
Outline:
I. Introduction:
Thesis: The different papers show the different types of articles by the audiences they approach. The first article has a more general audience with a simpler language. The second article has a much more complex language where he cites other studies and medical terms.
II. Body
A. Language
1. General Terms vs. Medical Terms
2. Purpose of the Audience
B. Visual Aids
III. Conclusion
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