Inexpert witness
In the fuss over Roy Meadow, whose evidence incriminated Angela Cannings, the case of another medical courtroom specialist has gone unnoticed, says Clare Dyer.
Doctor cleared of charges over neonatal care
The consultant paediatrician who has been the target of child abuse campaigners over many years has been cleared by the General Medical Council of all allegations relating to his research on newborn babies.
Parents in bid to win children back from care
The families of two children who were taken into care after medical experts diagnosed Munchausen's syndrome by proxy today began a legal challenge to the rulings in the court of appeal.
Experts in the dock
Angela Cannings' release on appeal last month has led to a review of cot death cases. It also puts local authority adoption and care proceedings under scrutiny. John Carvel on what this means for social services.
How I lost two children to the ‘lie’ of Munchausen’s
A mother tells how she was blamed when her son died after being given cisapride.
What about the babies?
Columnist Yvonne Roberts argues that children must be protected from parents that kill and the pillorying of paediatricians and martyring of mothers is a dangerous way to tackle a complex issue