@article{ref1,
title="Supermom or child abuser? Treatment of the Munchhausen mother",
journal="Women and therapy",
year="1990",
author="Leeder, Elaine",
volume="9",
number="4",
pages="69-88",
abstract="In this article the phenomenon of the actual creation of illness in one's own child is explored. Distinction is made between two forms of child abuse: Munchhausen by Proxy and Polle Syndrome. The author elaborates on possible causes of such an unusual condition and takes a feminist perspective in recommending treatment approaches that might be used in handling the problem.<p />",
language="en",
issn="0270-3149",
doi="10.1300/J015V09N04_06",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1300/J015V09N04_06"
}