Disease or deception: Munchausen by proxy as a weapon of the weak

Anthropology and Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 153-173

  Scheper Hughes, Nancy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRTH; BRAZIL; CAREGIVER; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEATH; HUMAN; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MORALITY; MUNCHAUSEN SYNDROME BY PROXY; NARCISSISM; POVERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOMATIZATION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VIOLENCE;

EID: 0036705554     PISSN: 13648470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1364847022000029723     Document Type: Review

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