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Chapter 26 - Shaken Baby Syndrome around the World

from Section 5 - International

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 June 2023

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Multiple Authors
Edited by
Keith A. Findley ,
Cyrille Rossant ,
Kana Sasakura ,
Leila Schneps ,
Waney Squier  and
Knut Wester
Keith A. Findley
Affiliation:
University of Wisconsin, Madison
Cyrille Rossant
Affiliation:
University College London
Kana Sasakura
Affiliation:
Konan University, Japan
Leila Schneps
Affiliation:
Sorbonne Université, Paris
Waney Squier
Affiliation:
John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford
Knut Wester
Affiliation:
Universitetet i Bergen, Norway
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Summary

This chapter describes how countries around the world are addressing issues and cases of alleged child abuse and/or SBS/AHT. It includes contributions from the following countries: China, India, Israel, Luxembourg, Norway, New Zealand, South Korea, Spain, Taiwan, Ecuador, Peru, Argentina and Costa Rica, with the last four countries responding via a collective interview conducted with a group of medical examiners and a neurosurgeon from those countries. These contributions show that a large number of countries continue to rely on triad-only medical determinations of abusive shaking, a diagnostic process that has yet been officially disavowed by medical authorities for more than a decade.

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ChinaIndiaIsraelLuxembourgNorwayNew ZealandSouth KoreaSpainTaiwanEcuadorPeruArgentinaCosta Rica
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Shaken Baby Syndrome
Investigating the Abusive Head Trauma Controversy
 , pp. 383 - 396
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2023

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