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Doctor’s cot death comments

Title
Doctor’s cot death comments
Genre
Interview
TX Date
Nov 1984
Year of production
1984
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Duration
00:03:30
Description
Interview with Health Secretary Norman Fowler, on the distress caused by recent comments made by pathologist Dr Donald Wayte on a Thames Television programme about cot death. Male interviewer not identified (poss. Peter Murphy or Peter Spencer).
Contributors
Norman Fowler
Keywords
Reports; Government; Conservative Party; Doctors; Accidental death; Sudden death; Sudden infant death; Sudden Infant Death Syndrome; Donald Wayte

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