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Why did my baby die? I’m a pathologist. Here’s what I want you to know
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A perinatal pathologist explains the investigation of stillbirths in Australia, noting that one in three cases remain unexplained due to incomplete investigations, and advocates for better understanding of autopsy procedures and their importance to grieving families.
Why did my baby die? I’m a pathologist. Here’s what I want you to know
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Warning: this article is about stillbirth and its investigations, including autopsies and related procedures.
About six babies are stillborn in Australia every day – an incredibly difficult time for families.
Understandably, they want to know why their baby died. But for one in three stillbirths in Australia, we don’t have a reason, often because the death was not fully investigated.
I’m a perinatal pathologist, a specialist medical doctor and part of the team that investig
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