When munchausen becomes malingering: Factitious disorders that penetrate the legal system

Bulletin of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 471-481

  Eisendrath, Stuart J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FACTITIOUS DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; ILLNESS BEHAVIOR; LAW SUIT; MALE; MALINGERING; MUNCHAUSEN SYNDROME; PSYCHIATRIST;

ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EXPERT TESTIMONY; FACTITIOUS DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIABILITY, LEGAL; MALE; MALINGERING; MUNCHAUSEN SYNDROME; PATIENT CARE TEAM; SICK ROLE;

EID: 0030458330     PISSN: 0091634X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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