@article{ref1,
title="Misdiagnosis of Munchausen syndrome by proxy: a literature review and four new cases",
journal="Harvard review of psychiatry",
year="1999",
author="Rand, D. C. and Feldman, M. D.",
volume="7",
number="2",
pages="94-101",
abstract="The term &quot;Munchausen's syndrome by proxy&quot; (MSBP) was first used in the 1970s to describe a potentially lethal variant of abuse. In representative cases a mother deceives physicians into treating her child for illness that she has fabricated or induced, her motivation being to accrue the intangible benefits of the &quot;sick role.&quot; Increased efforts to identify and protect victims have sometimes resulted in misdiagnosis of MSBP, leading authorities to remove children from the home and/or bring criminal charges against an innocent parent. The authors believe that Improved child protection can be achieved by examining &quot;what went wrong&quot; in cases of erroneously diagnosed MSBP. A review of more than 200 articles and books yielded seven reports of misdiagnosed MSBP in the medical/surgical, psychiatric, nursing, social work, legal, and lay literature. These isolated reports are discussed, and four new cases are presented. The paper concludes with a discussion of lessons to be learned and a table showing situations in which the risk of an erroneous diagnosis of MSBP is increased.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1067-3229",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}