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To the Editor.—JAMA published a review of the book entitled The Death of Innocents: A True Story of Murder, Medicine, and High-Stakes Science,¹ as well as a letter from Dr Gilbert-Barness² in response to the review. Both the authors of the book and the reviewer, Dr Wecht,³ criticized my work, but neither communicated with me prior to publication. Contrary to the allegations in the book and repeated by Wecht, the research was not conducted for self-aggrandizement or to gain academic recognition and secure funding for empire building. I never built up a sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) research team, never asked anyone for funds, and have never promoted or financially benefited from apnea monitors to prevent SIDS. The 6 articles I published with original findings on SIDS 22 to 24 years ago constitute less than 3% of my scientific publications over the years. However, these 6 articles changed the direction . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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