no more, no less. a pediatrician looks at ALL parents as POTENTIAL abusers.

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66. "I'm glad the staff were as thorough as they were in ruling me, or anyone else out as a cause."

About three years ago, my mother called me and told me that she had fallen and broken her wrist. I went to her place and from there, we drove to the ER. Aside from the obvious, no real complications were present, and when we left early the next morning, she told me that an office worker, an ER nurse, and the attending doctor all pointedly and repeatedly asked her if I had anything to do with it.

When she told me that, my first reaction was "I'm glad the staff were as thorough as they were in ruling me, or anyone else out specifically as a cause of her injury." It would have been petulant and reactionary for me to allow myself to get upset over the staff taking common-sense and practical precautions.

I was a potential elder-abuser until ruled out, and not having ruled me out would have been an ethical negligence on the part of the ER staff.