About | HeinOnline Law Journal Library | HeinOnline Law Journal Library | HeinOnline
LOG IN
LOG IN

12 Hous. J. Health L. & Pol'y 201 (2011-2012)
Problems of Infant Retino-Dural Hemorrhage with Minimal External Injury

handle is hein.journals/hhpol12 and id is 233 raw text is: 12 Hous. J. Health L. & Policy 201 Copyright © 2012 A.N. Guthkelch Houston Journal of Health Law & Policy ISSN 1534-7907 PROBLEMS OF INFANT RETINO-DURAL HEMORRHAGE WITH MINIMAL EXTERNAL INJURY A.N. Guthkelch* This contribution is offered as a reflection- after 40 years' consideration- on a problem of potential child abuse which has caused a great deal of controversy since it was first described.' While controversy is a normal and necessary part of scientific discourse, there has arisen a level of emotion and divisiveness on shaken baby syndrome/abusive head trauma that has interfered with our commitment to pursue the truth. What follows is a Serious Call - I borrow the phrase from the title of a religious treatise by the 18th century Protestant clergyman, William Law- to members of the medical and legal professions to consider these problems with restraint. It is, in short, a call for civility in scientific discourse. A. Norman Guthkelch is a retired professor of neurosurgery. He was a faculty member at the medical schools of, among others, the University of Hull, the University of Pittsburgh, and the University of Arizona, and a visiting professor at Harvard Medical College. He was honored for his contributions to the field of shaken baby syndrome/abusive head trauma at the Fourth National Conference on Shaken Baby Syndrome (2002) and the First European Conference on Shaken Baby Syndrome (2003). 1 A.N. Guthkelch, Infantile Subdural Haematoma and its Relationship to Whiplash Injuries, 2 British Med. J. 430-31 (1971).

What Is HeinOnline?

HeinOnline is a subscription-based resource containing thousands of academic and legal journals from inception; complete coverage of government documents such as U.S. Statutes at Large, U.S. Code, Federal Register, Code of Federal Regulations, U.S. Reports, and much more. Documents are image-based, fully searchable PDFs with the authority of print combined with the accessibility of a user-friendly and powerful database. For more information, request a quote or trial for your organization below.



Short-term subscription options include 24 hours, 48 hours, or 1 week to HeinOnline.

Purchase Access

Contact us for annual subscription options:

Contact Us

Already a HeinOnline Subscriber?

Log In

profiles profiles most