Edited by Jhodie R. Duncan and Roger W. Byard
FREE | 2018 | Ebook (PDF) | 978-1-925261-68-4 | 846 pp
This volume covers aspects of sudden infant and early childhood death, ranging from issues with parental grief, to the most recent theories of brainstem neurotransmitters. It also deals with the changes that have occurred over time with the definitions of SIDS (sudden infant death syndrome), SUDI (sudden unexpected death in infancy) and SUDIC (sudden unexpected death in childhood).
The text will be indispensable for SIDS researchers, SIDS organisations, paediatric pathologists, forensic pathologists, paediatricians and families, in addition to residents in training programs that involve paediatrics. It will also be of use to other physicians, lawyers and law enforcement officials who deal with these cases, and should be a useful addition to all medical examiner/forensic, paediatric and pathology departments, hospital and university libraries on a global scale. Given the marked changes that have occurred in the epidemiology and understanding of SIDS and sudden death in the very young over the past decade, a text such as this is very timely and is also urgently needed.
About the authors
Dr Jhodie R. Duncan is a developmental and addiction neuroscientist with over 13 years of postdoctoral experience. She has been a CJ Martin Fellow at Boston Children’s Hospital and was a senior research fellow, lab head and faculty member at the Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health.
Professor Roger W. Byard was a forensic pathologist and professor of pathology at the University of Adelaide from 2006 to 2023. He is now a Senior Specialist Forensic Pathologist at Forensic Science SA and an Emeritus Professor at Adelaide University. He has written over 750 papers in peer-reviewed journals, and has written/edited five texts (one in 3rd edition; one in 2nd).
