Citation

Meadow R. Child Abuse Negl. 2002; 26(5): 501-508.

Affiliation

Child Health, University of Leeds, UK.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2002, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

12686320

Abstract

The definition of Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy is reviewed and considered in the context of the overlap with other harmful behaviors of parents. The high incidence of personal abnormal illness behavior in the perpetrators is leading to increasing concern about the safety of children who are cared for by parents who have abnormal illness behavior.

Language: en