Can disability benefits make children sicker?

Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 700-701

  Cassar, J R ^a   Hales, E S ^a   Longhurst, J G ^a   Weiss, G S ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CONTROL; FACTITIOUS DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LETTER; MALINGERING; MOTHER; MOTIVATION; MUNCHAUSEN SYNDROME BY PROXY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL SECURITY;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; FACTITIOUS DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALINGERING; MOTHERS; MOTIVATION; MUNCHAUSEN SYNDROME BY PROXY; PATIENT CARE TEAM; SICK ROLE; SOCIAL SECURITY;

EID: 0030162609     PISSN: 08908567     EISSN: 15275418     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004583-199606000-00005     Document Type: Letter

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