Publisher's Synopsis
The third edition of this acclaimed text provides a comprehensive overview of sudden infant death syndrome, including the major progress that has taken place in reducing the toll of this tragedy. This text includes a review based on the academic discipline of the history, pathology, epidemiology, and physiology of SIDS. It continues with a synthesis of the material and present theories of causation and management. A scholarly review of the literature since 1989 includes more than 1,600 references on the contributions and deliberations relevant to SIDS.
