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Investigating Infant Deaths (Hardcover)
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Investigating Infant Deaths (Hardcover)
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It stands to reason that the most difficult cases to investigate
are those in which the individual's death was sudden, unexpected,
and unexplained. Very few deaths occur where the deceased has no
significant medical history, no trauma, no significant autopsy
findings, and very little social history in which to investigate.
Infant deaths almost always fit this category, making them
consistently the most complicated and challenging deaths to
investigate. Investigating Infant Deaths draws on the expertise of
a forensic nurse and member of the CDC core team for the Sudden
Unexpected Infant Death Investigation Reporting Form to provide
medicolegal death investigators and law enforcement personnel with
investigative techniques applicable to sudden unexpected infant
deaths. Beginning with a general state-of-the-field, the author
defines the role of the investigator and explains the benefits of
"double-teaming" an investigation. The book emphasizes the
importance of timing and gives crucial tips for examining the
incident scene and performing an initial post-mortem external exam.
Specific instruction regarding the "art" of interviewing the
grieving parents and how to follow up with families gives
investigators an important edge when autopsy findings are slim.
Additional chapters cover how to use a doll re-enactment and how to
review medical records, social service records, and criminal
histories. It also illustrates how to set up task forces including
State Child Fatality Teams and an Investigative Child Death Review
at the local level. Case studies are used throughout the book to
give investigators real-life examples of the techniques at work.
Presenting a workable approach that may facilitate a re-evaluation
of current protocols, Investigating Infant Deaths provides the
tools for continued improvement that will ensure all infant deaths
are investigated thoroughly and thereby help prevent future
premature infant deaths from occurring.
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