Citation

Parker G, Barrett E. Med. J. Aust. 1991; 155(11-12): 772-775.

Affiliation

School of Psychiatry, University of New South Wales, Kensington.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1991, Australian Medical Association, Publisher Australasian Medical Publishing)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

1822976

Abstract

OBJECTIVE OURS: To review historical aspects and note several contemporary manifestations of the Munchausen syndrome, including "Munchausen by proxy" and "pseudo-Munchausen", to offer our respect to the infamous McIIroy (the quintessential example), as well as to encourage interest and assuage irritation by medical attendants. THEIRS: Impatient to be patients, dying to see doctors, hooked on hospitals, and seeking "ill" gotten gains, they thrive on medical investigations.

Language: en