PEDIATRICS Vol. 98 No. 1 July 1996, pp. A38
This Article
Right arrow Full Text (PDF)
Right arrow P3Rs: Submit a response
Right arrow Alert me when this article is cited
Right arrow Alert me when P3Rs are posted
Right arrow Alert me if a correction is posted
Services
Right arrow E-mail this article to a friend
Right arrow Similar articles in this journal
Right arrow Alert me to new issues of the journal
Right arrow Add to My File Cabinet
Right arrow Download to citation manager
Right arrow reprints & permissions
Citing Articles
Right arrow Citing Articles via CrossRef
Right arrow Citing Articles via Google Scholar
Google Scholar
Right arrow Articles by L., J. F.
Right arrow Search for Related Content
PubMed
Right arrow Articles by L., J. F.

MOTHERS WHO MURDER THEIR CHILDREN

J. F. L. MD

Goodby My Little Ones by C. Hickey, T. Lighty, and J. O'Brien, Onyx Books, 1996. This recent book, and the three others listed below, should be read by every pediatrician who is in the apnea monitoring business!

It describes in detail the confession, trial, and conviction of "Mrs H," who murdered her five children. Two of these cases were reported by Dr A. Steinschneider in 1972, and formed the basis for the hypothesis of sleep apnea as a cause of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) (Pediatrics, 1972). This article started the apnea monitoring "rage" that continues today. The effectiveness of this monitoring in preventing deaths remains unproven despite extensive studies.

OTHER BOOKS ON THE SAME SUBJECT:

Sleep My Child, Forever by John Coston

Mommie's Little Angels by Mary Lou Cavenaugh

Precious Victims by Don W. Weber and Charles Bosworth, Jr