Paediatric Forensic Medicine and Pathology

Introduction. The role of the expert witness in paediatric forensic practice - Cyril H Wecht and Glenn M Larkin; Part Two: Forensic medicine and pathology. Genetic counselling and prenatal diagnosis - J A Raeburn; Intoxication in utero - Eunice J Larson; The examination of stillbirths - W J A Patrick; The postmortem examination of a baby - John L Emery; The identification of the dead, abandoned baby - Richard C Froede and Thomas E Henry; Paediatric forensic odontology - Bernard G Sims and D K Whittaker; Withdrawing from invasive neonatal intensive care - Ian Laing; The Epidemiology and sociology of the sudden infant death syndrome - Jean Golding; The pathology of the sudden infant death syndrome - J M N Hilton; Causes of sudden natural death in infancy and childhood - C L Berry; Concealment of birth, child destruction and infanticide - D A L Bowen; Post-mortem biochemistry of blood and vitreous humour in paediatric practice - John I Coe; Physical abuse of children - John Pearn; Incest and other sexual abuse of children - W D S McLay; The emotional abuse of children - Ann Gath; Poisoning in children - A T Proudfoot; The autopsy in the non-accidental injury syndrome - Bernard Knight; Radiological aspects of child abuse - C K T Evans and G M Roberts; Accidental injury and death in children - A W Craft; Death resulting from paediatric surgery and anaesthesia - Kent Mancer; Parentage testing - Barbara E Dodd; Medico-legal implications of HIV infection in childhood - Layinska Swinburne; Part Three: Legal aspects. Legal implications of modern reproductive techniques - J K Mason; Comparative abortion law: the living abortus - Bartha M Knoppers; Actions for wrongful life - Barry R Furrow; The investigation and certification of paediatric deaths - R M Whittington and Boyd G Stephens; Parental rights and consent to medical treatment of minors - David W Meyers; The law protecting children - Elaine E Sutherland and Harold L Hirsch Part Four: Ethical considerations. Research and experimentation involving children - R A McCall Smith; Modern paediatric practice: an ethical overview - R S Dowrie.