Munchausen by Proxy syndrome: The forensic challenge of recognition, diagnosis, and reporting

Critical Care Nursing Quarterly

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 52-64

  Pasqualone, Georgia A ^a   Fitzgerald, Susan M ^b  

^a Forensic Nurse Department   (United States)

^b Justice Resource Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Child abuse; Factitious disorder; MBPS; Munchausen by Proxy syndrome

Indexed keywords

CAREGIVER; CHILD ABUSE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HOSPITALIZATION; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MUNCHAUSEN SYNDROME; REVIEW;

EID: 0032914107     PISSN: 08879303     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002727-199905000-00007     Document Type: Review

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