Forensic Assessment of Illness Falsification, Munchausen by Proxy, and Factitious Disorder, NOS

Child Maltreatment

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 112-124

  Sanders, Mary J ^a   Bursch, Brenda ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD WELFARE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FACTITIOUS DISEASE; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MEDICAL RECORD; MUNCHAUSEN SYNDROME BY PROXY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; UNITED STATES;

CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD WELFARE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FACTITIOUS DISORDERS; HUMANS; MEDICAL RECORDS, PROBLEM-ORIENTED; MUNCHAUSEN SYNDROME BY PROXY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036581574     PISSN: 10775595     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1077559502007002003     Document Type: Article

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