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Andrea Dunlop
一名专注于真实犯罪和社会问题的媒体人物和作者。
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Bex
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Andrea Dunlop: 本集讨论了科瓦尔斯基家族诉约翰霍普金斯儿童医院案的判决结果。陪审团裁定医院对所有指控负责，并判处科瓦尔斯基家族超过2亿美元的赔偿金。这一判决引发了关于医疗儿童虐待、强制报告以及医疗责任等问题的广泛讨论。 Bex作为儿科医生，分享了她对该判决的看法。她认为，此判决将对佛罗里达州的儿科医疗以及全国儿童医疗保健和虐待报告产生深远的影响。她指出，此判决将使医生在报告可能的儿童虐待案件时更加犹豫，因为他们担心面临类似的诉讼。 Andrea Dunlop和Bex还讨论了法官禁止辩方讨论医疗儿童虐待的决定，以及陪审团似乎更倾向于科瓦尔斯基家族的情感叙事而非医学证据。她们分析了陪审团的构成以及双方律师的策略，并探讨了此判决对社会工作者和医院工作人员的影响。 Bex: 此判决将对佛罗里达州的儿科医疗以及全国儿童医疗保健和虐待报告产生深远的影响。医生在报告可能的儿童虐待案件时将更加犹豫，因为他们担心面临类似的诉讼。此判决还可能对社会工作者产生负面影响，他们可能会因为担心被指控虐待儿童而不敢接触儿童。 此外，陪审团的判决似乎更倾向于科瓦尔斯基家族的情感叙事，而非医学证据。法官禁止辩方讨论医疗儿童虐待的决定也使得陪审团难以理解案件的背景。陪审团的构成以及双方律师的策略也对判决结果产生了影响。 尽管如此，Bex强调医疗专业人员应该继续报告可能的儿童虐待案件，并将儿童的利益放在首位。她对参与此案的医疗专业人员表示敬意，并呼吁大家关注医疗儿童虐待这一问题。

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Andrea and special guest Bex (aka our Florida pediatrcian friend) process the shocking verdict in the Maya Kowalski trial. After 9 weeks of testimony, the jury awarded the Kowalski family nearly $300 million in damages from Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital.

Bex shares her perspective as a pediatrician on how this verdict will impact the medical community and reporting of suspected child abuse cases. They discuss the implications for social workers and hospital staff who stood up and testified, and grapple with how the jury seemed to side with the emotional storytelling despite medical evidence.

Andrea and Bex reflect on what this means for the U.S. justice system, mandatory reporting laws, and the public's willingness to accept that medical child abuse exists. 

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