MUNCHAUSEN SYNDROME BY PROXY THE HINTERLAND OF CHILD ABUSE

MUNCHAUSEN SYNDROME BY PROXY THE HINTERLAND OF CHILD ABUSE

Some patients consistently produce false stories and fabricate evidence, so causing themselves needless hospital investigations and operations. Here are described parents who, by falsification, caused their children innumerable harmful hospital procedures—a sort of Munchausen syndrome by proxy.

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Veröffentlicht in:The Lancet (British edition) 1977-08, Vol.310 (8033), p.343-345
1. Verfasser: Meadow, Roy
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Child abuse & neglect
Children
Duty of care
Mental disorders
Negligence
Parents
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Zusammenfassung:Some patients consistently produce false stories and fabricate evidence, so causing themselves needless hospital investigations and operations. Here are described parents who, by falsification, caused their children innumerable harmful hospital procedures—a sort of Munchausen syndrome by proxy.
ISSN:0140-6736
1474-547X
DOI:10.1016/S0140-6736(77)91497-0