A mother who works as a physician, brings in her 3-month old male infant for inconsolable crying. This evening, her husband was in the other room putting the infant to sleep when she heard a loud cry and he has since been inconsolable. When you examine the infant, you notice a bruise across his cheek and ear. You consider child abuse but recognize the mother is one of your colleagues who recently married a local police officer, and they seem very happy together. What do you do?

About the Author: Anton Helman

Dr. Anton Helman is an Emergency Physician at North York General in Toronto. He is an Assistant Professor at the University of Toronto, Division of Emergency Medicine and the Education Innovation Lead at the Schwartz-Reisman Emergency Medicine Instititute. He is the founder, editor-in-chief and host of Emergency Medicine Cases.