"Through a glass, darkly": The clinical and ethical implications of Munchausen syndrome

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 191, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 217-219

  Robertson, Michael D ^a   Kerridge, Ian H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; HEALTH; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; MUNCHAUSEN SYNDROME; PRIVACY; AUSTRALIA; CONFIDENTIALITY; ECONOMICS; ETHICS; LEGAL ASPECT; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL RECORD; NOTE; PATIENT RIGHT;

AUSTRALIA; CONFIDENTIALITY; ETHICS, MEDICAL; HUMANS; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; MUNCHAUSEN SYNDROME; PATIENT RIGHTS;

EID: 70349576497     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: 13265377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2009.tb02756.x     Document Type: Article

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