Fits, faints, or fatal fantasy? Fabricated seizures and child abuse

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 86, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 230-233

  Barber, M A ^a   Davis, P M ^b  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Lansdowne Hospital   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD ABUSE; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EPILEPSY; FANTASY; HUMAN; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MUNCHAUSEN SYNDROME; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEIZURE; SYNCOPE;

CAREGIVERS; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; HUMANS; MUNCHAUSEN SYNDROME BY PROXY; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS; SEIZURES; SICK ROLE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TERMINOLOGY;

EID: 0036220859     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.86.4.230     Document Type: Review

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