TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2021//
TI  - Medical child abuse: essentials for pediatric health care providers
JO  - Journal of Pediatric Health Care
A1  - Hornor, Gail
SP  - ePub
EP  - ePub
VL  - ePub
IS  - ePub
N2  - Medical child abuse (MCA) is a rare but potentially deadly variant of child maltreatment. MCA results in unnecessary health care for a child because of a caregiver's exaggeration, fabrication, or induction of physical and/or psychological symptoms of illness. These unnecessary health care interventions result in a morbidity rate of 100% in the form of complications and disabilities and a mortality rate as high as 9%. Although MCA is relatively rare, it is estimated that pediatric health care professionals, including pediatric nurse practitioners, will most likely encounter at least one MCA victim in the course of their career. This continuing education article will discuss MCA in terms of definition and features, epidemiology, perpetrators, variants in presentation, consequences, and implications for practice.    Keywords: Munchausen by proxy<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0891-5245
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pedhc.2021.01.006
ID  - ref1
ER  -