The Shaking Baby Syndrome – Unsettled Science
By Ronald Uscinski, MD
Ronald Uscinski is a neurosurgeon practising in the Washington DC area. He has consulted and testified as an expert witness for the defense in cases involving alleged child abuse, both pro bono and for time compensation. He has never consulted or testified for the prosecution, because no prosecuting entity has ever contacted him.
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Abstract
Clinical observation and scientific experimentation and verification should compliment one another. More than 30 years after the original hypothesis of shaken baby syndrome this does not appeared to have happened.
With regard to treatment of cranio-cerebral trauma, the differentiation between accidental and inflicted injury is of limited practical importance; injuries are injuries. For social purposes however the distinction is critical.
While the desire to protect children is laudable it must be balanced against the effects of seriously harming those who are accused of child abuse solely on the basis of what is at best unsettled science.
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