Sue Luttner
technical and medical writer
technical and medical writer
Sue Luttner is a technical writer and occasional journalist who has found herself following an astonishing medico-legal controversy. Her work on this blog presents what is today the minority opinion in an ongoing debate surrounding shaken baby syndrome, renamed "abusive head trauma" in 2009 by the American Academy of Pediatrics.
Her blog posting "My Front-Row Seat at a Bitter Professional Debate" explains how she was drawn into the arena through a family she knew and then followed the story to the medical library and beyond.
She maintains a web site about shaken baby syndrome at http://onsbs.com/.
She administers a Facebook page about SBS at
<p>A cursory look at a difficult case leads to a disappointing outcome</p>
<p>How reliable is a diagnosis of infant shaking?</p>
<p>I am orthopedic history, walking.</p>