Erschienen in:
06.10.2018 | Letter to the Editor
In order to ensure that evidence is unbiased it is sometimes necessary to retreat to the scientific ivory tower
verfasst von:
Niels Lynøe, Anders Eriksson
Erschienen in:
Forensic Science, Medicine and Pathology
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Ausgabe 1/2019
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Excerpt
Dr. Bilo maintains that the Swedish SBU report does not add anything new that might help him within forensic pediatrics [
1]. This claim is, however, based on his personal interpretation of the SBU report and the research question addressed, namely:
With what certainty can it be claimed that the triad, subdural hematoma, retinal hemorrhages and encephalopathy is attributable to isolated traumatic shaking [
2]
? The research question is certainly not identical to Dr. Bilo’s second question:
“Is the triad, if present in a child, always caused by, or proof of shaking?” The word “always” makes the answer almost self-evident. …