| Parental consent for evaluation of a stillborn baby
should always be obtained even though in most states no
formal consent is needed for photographs, xrays, clinical
examination or placental evaluation. Two sample consent
forms (specific for Wisconsin only with respect to
relevant state statute) can be found on the following web
pages. The first is consent
including internal postmortem examination. Although
we recommend inclusion of all segments of the protocol
for all stillbirth evaluations, some families do not wish
to consent to completion of an internal postmortem
examination. Internal postmortem examination has been
found to be critical in a large numbers of stillbirth
assessments (that is, a specific diagnosis would not have
been made without its completions). Nevertheless, many
diagnoses will be made through completion of all of the
other segments of the protocol. All of these (i.e.
clinical examination, radiographs, photographs and
sampling for chromosome testing) can be completed even if
an internal autopsy is not wanted by the parents.
Therefore a second sample form for consent
for evaluation not including internal postmortem
examination is also available.
Clinical Examination
Protocol
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