Determinantes sociales que inciden en el infanticidio y su implicancia médico – legal

Abstract

Introduction: The infanticide is the murder of an infant under one year of age usually perpetrated by blood ancestors, being the mother the main actor, or also by people outside the family. Objective: To establish the social determinants that occur in infanticide through literature reviews for the strengthening of care and prevention skills against infanticide, in daily medical practice. Methodology: This is a study carried out in a retrospective descriptive manner through bibliographic reviews in scientific bases such as SCIELO, PUBMED, ELSEVIER, published in the last 5 years, legal documents such as the Integral Organic Criminal Code and reports of the United Nations Organization for the extraction of information about the social determinants that affect infanticide and its medical-legal implication were used. Conclusion: Infanticide is a health problem that prevails worldwide with a higher incidence in third world countries, social determinants are always present in cases of infanticide and motivate the commission of this crime, thus being poverty, substance dependence, alcoholism, low level of education, unemployment and bad relationships between couples common factors when analyzing this crime.