Abstract:
:By definition, sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) requires diagnosis through exclusion by conducting an autopsy. To obtain a reliable diagnosis of this disease, an autopsy is essential. However, the frequency with which autopsies are conducted in Japan is not sufficient to meet the need associated with the diagnosis of SIDS. To improve this frequency, various public policies, such as nationwide implementation of the administrative autopsy system (medical examiner system), the application of the practice of autopsy approved by families, and legally required autopsies, are being considered; but none has been put into practice. On the other hand, attention has been called to the fact that the Law on postmortem examination and corpse preservation, which was instituted at the end of the Second World War, requires updating. In the current report, it is proposed that the following be added to Article 8, item 3 of this Law: "the Metropolitan or Prefectural Governor must insist that an autopsy be conducted on all cases of a sudden and unexpected death of an infant to investigate the cause of this death." At present, the annual incidence of SIDS in Japan is reported to be 500. To put the above-recommended legal requirement into practice, the estimated annual addition to the budget, if conducted as approved or an administrative autopsy, will be in the order of 150,000-500,000 dollar, which is within the prescribed limits for an appropriation.
journal_name
Forensic Sci Intjournal_title
Forensic science internationalauthors
Sawaguchi A,Sawaguchi T,Matoba R,Togari H,Nakagawa S,Miyauchi J,Nishida Hdoi
10.1016/s0379-0738(02)00148-2keywords:
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2002-09-14 00:00:00pages
S96-103eissn
0379-0738issn
1872-6283pii
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130 Supplpub_type
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