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7 J.L. Soc'y 88 (2005-2006)
Blue Spots, Coining, and Cupping: How Ethnic Minority Parents Can Be Misreported as Child Abusers

handle is hein.journals/jls7 and id is 92 raw text is: JOURNAL OF LA WIN SOCIETY BLUE SPOTS, COINING, AND CUPPING: HOW ETHNIC MINORITY PARENTS CAN BE MISREPORTED AS CHILD ABUSERS By William Y. Chin* 1. INTRODUCTION II. BLUE SPOTS, COINING, CUPPING, AND MISTAKEN CHILD ABUSE ALLEGATIONS A. Blue Spots B. The folk remedies of coining and cupping 1. Coining 2. Cupping Il. BLUE SPOTS AND FOLK REMEDIES SUCH AS COINING AND CUPPING ARE NOT CHILD ABUSE A. Blue spots, coining, and cupping are benign B. Slight bruising from coining or cupping does not constitute physical injury C. Coining and cupping are analogous to massage therapy D. Coining and cupping are analogous to familiar U.S. practices E. Many do not consider coining or cupping to be child abuse IV. THE RIGHT OF MINORITY PARENTS TO USE FOLK REMEDIES A. The right of parents to care for their child B. Family remedies are allowed C. Home remedies are allowed V. A PROPOSED FOLK REMEDY STATUTE A. A proposed folk remedy statute to protect the parent and the child B. The folk remedy statute expressly creates a fight for parents to treat their child C. The folk remedy statute does not require the folk remedy to be proven effective D. The folk remedy statute excludes practices unrelated to treating an illness E. The folk remedy statute excludes injurious or potentially injurious folk remedies F. The folk remedy statute excludes parental treatments that hinder conventional treatment VI. ADDITIONAL METHODS OF PROTECTING MINORITY PARENTS A. Provide cross-cultural training to mandated reporters B. Create multidisciplinary teams C. Require a second physician's opinion D. Annotate the child's medical file and provide notice to others E. Feasible solutions VII. THE CONTINUING RISK FOR MINORITY PARENTS VIII. CONCLUSION 2005 Vol. 7:1

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