A case of factitious disorder by proxy: The role of the health-care system, diagnostic dilemmas, and family dynamics

Harvard Review of Psychiatry

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 124-135

  Von Hahn, Ludwig ^a   Harper, Gordon ^b   McDaniel, Susan H ^c   Siegel, David M ^c   Feldman, Marc D ^d   Libow, Judith A ^e  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^e CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OAKLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD ABUSE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FAMILY THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MUNCHAUSEN SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD;

EID: 0035039444     PISSN: 10673229     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10673220127886     Document Type: Article

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