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Münchausen's syndrome by proxy as a form of child abuse

✍ Scribed by Beatrice Crofts Yorker; Bernard B. Kahan

Publisher
Elsevier Science
Year
1990
Tongue
English
Weight
665 KB
Volume
4
Category
Article
ISSN
1532-8228

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✦ Synopsis

Munchausen's syndrome by proxy (MSBP) is an emotional disorder in which the parent, almost always the mother, induces or fabricates illness in her child in order to gain medical attention. Although numerous case studies exist in pediattic and medical literature, most nurses are unaware of the warning signs of this disorder. Psychiatric consultation liaison nurses are in an ideal position to identify and intervene in MSBP situations and can also support the pediatric nursing staff through feelings of denial, shock, and guilt as they recognize the syndrome and its danger to the child.

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