Expert evaluation of stillbirth in forensic medical practice

An analysis of literature and regulatory documents with identification of problematic issues of expert assessment of stillbirth is presented. The necessity of implementation of explanations into expert regulatory documents and methodological instructions of «neonatality», «signs of recent birth», «neonatal period», «vitality» concepts according to generally accepted criteria in world and Russian medicine has been shown. The importance of explaining the qualification of the antenatal and intranatal fetal death from a forensic point of view has been presented. The significance of improving the unified methodology for producing commission forensic examinations of obstetric and gynecological profile has been determined. The features of determining the age of intrauterine fetal death, taking into account macro- and microscopic changes have been indicated. The need to re-examine the histological archive of autopsy material and afterbirth has been noted. The importance of interdisciplinary cooperation between doctors - forensic experts, pathologists, obstetrician-gynecologists and neonatologists in order to perform commission forensic examinations in cases of stillbirth has been shown.