Volume 35 Issue 5 (2020)
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Introduction – The Shaken Baby Debate
By Stuart MacDonald This debate on shaken baby syndrome (SBS – now often called ‘abusive head trauma’) is the latest (and probably the last) Prometheus debate. Over the years, these…
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Shaken baby syndrome: causes and consequences of conformity
By Waney Squier About ten years ago, a colleague of mine, a prominent prosecution expert, told me there was a move afoot to have me reported to the General Medical…
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Shaken baby syndrome: a fraud on the courts
By Heather Kirkwood For decades, Waney Squier was the leading pediatric neuropathologist in the UK and possibly in the world. She was also the recipient of the prestigious 2016 Innocence…
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Shaken baby: an evolving diagnosis deformed by the pressures of the courtroom
By Susan Luttner On an otherwise lovely afternoon in the spring of 1996, sitting on a bench under the redwood trees in the city park with a friend while our…
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Waney Squier’s ordeal and the crisis of the shaken baby paradigm
By Niels Lynøe There is a murder story, from 400 BC, about the deaths of two members of the Pythagorean society. The circumstances are unclear, but it is assumed that…
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Another perspective – simply my brief thoughts
By Dave Marshall This paper consists of some brief personal thoughts and observations from my own experience, many of which I have previously outlined in my book (Marshall, 2012).Rather than…
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Has Squier been treated fairly?
By Brian Martin Waney Squier had a highly successful career as a medical specialist and researcher, is the author of numerous scientific publications, and was one of the most experienced…
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Commentary on the paper by Waney Squier: ‘Shaken baby syndrome: causes and consequences of conformity’
By Michael J Powers Waney Squier’s proposition paper points to the need for challenges to be made to scientific dogma,notwithstanding the personal professional costs of doing so. In the field…
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Waney Squier and shaken baby syndrome: implications for medicine and the medical expert witness
By Toni C. Saad By recounting her involvement in the controversy around Shaken Baby Syndrome and making an evidence-based case against the validity of this diagnosis, Waney Squier has given…
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The role of the General Medical Council
By Terence Stephenson The General Medical Council (GMC) is now doing more than ever to intervene earlier so that only those cases that really need to go to fitness to…