Child death reviews should not require parental consent

Leg Med (Tokyo). 2024 Feb:66:102360. doi: 10.1016/j.legalmed.2023.102360. Epub 2023 Nov 25.

Authors

Masahito Hitosugi¹, Kohei Takashima², Eisuke Ito³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Legal Medicine, Shiga University of Medical Science, Tsukinowa, Seta, Otsu, Shiga 520-2192, Japan. Electronic address: hitosugi@belle.shiga-med.ac.jp.
² Department of Legal Medicine, Shiga University of Medical Science, Tsukinowa, Seta, Otsu, Shiga 520-2192, Japan.
³ Department of Pediatrics, Saiseikai Shiga Hospital, 2-4-1 Oh-hashi, Ritto, Shiga 520-3046, Japan.

PMID: 38039657
DOI: 10.1016/j.legalmed.2023.102360

No abstract available

Keywords: Child death review; Law; Parental consent; Personal information.

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Child
Humans
Parental Consent*