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{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)In an interview, one of the 13 jurors in the case provided insight into the deliberations. ... "This case plays to the heart of a lot of people," the juror said. At first blush, it looked and felt like these people took their daughter away, he said. "But the evidence bore out a more complicated story," he said. ... Throughout the trial, doctors past and present described Pelletier's parents as difficult, demanding, and demeaning. The parents dismissed psychiatric treatment as "psychological baloney" and were quick to dispute what experts told them, according to testimony.
The high profile case started back in 2013, when a then 14-year-old Justina was brought to the emergency room at Boston Children's and doctors diagnosed her symptoms as psychiatric. Her parents disagreed with the diagnosis and tried to have her discharged. That's when the hospital reported them to the Department of Children and Families, accusing them of medical child abuse. Justina was separated from her parents for about 18 months before a judge ordered her returned.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link){{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)The verdict in the medical malpractice lawsuit brought by the family of Justina Pelletier capped a high profile dispute that drew national media attention and sparked a broader debate over parental rights. ... Boston Children's Hospital wasn't medically negligent in its treatment of a Connecticut teen who spent nearly a year in state custody after doctors suspected her parents of medical child abuse, a jury in Boston concluded Thursday. ... Doctors and Pelletier's parents disagreed on whether the cause of her numerous health problems, which included an inability to walk, talk or swallow, were true medical ailments, as her parents maintained, or were largely psychological. ... But doctors at Boston Children's Hospital suspected it was a case of Munchausen syndrome by proxy, and that Pelletier's psychological needs were being ignored by her parents in favor of unnecessary medical tests and procedures.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link){{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link){{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)In his medical notes at the time, Peters wrote that some of the doctors who'd treated Pelletier suspected "factitious disorder by proxy," a form of medical abuse involving excessive medical care or symptoms caused by the parent or guardian. "She had multiple diagnoses, a very patchy network of providers. Those are all classic red flags," Peters said. "And that there were Child Protective Services involved [suggested] there was some form of over-medicalization going on." Peters said other doctors told him that Pelletier's parents tended to obsess over potential medical problems. They took her to many different doctors, which increased the likelihood of multiple diagnoses and medications.