“…Much more research is needed but my experience in the United Kingdom has meant that nobody, appropriately qualified, is willing to undertake such research, which calls for the investigation of individual cases with an open mind. The idea that certain lesions are likely to represent abuse is widely believed but is based on circular reasoning (Berthold et al, 2018;Chauvin-Klimoff, Allard-Dansereau, & Colbourne, 2018;Flaherty et al, 2014;Högberg, Andersson, Högberg, & Thiblin, 2019;Paine, Fakeye, Christian, & Wood, 2019). Indeed, much current research is directed at maximizing the evidence of abuse (Raynor, Konala, & Freemont, 2018;Shelmerdine et al, 2018;Wood et al, 2018).…”