Munchausen's Syndrome by Proxy
Subtitle: Current Issues in Assessment (Medical Science)
Contributors: Gwen Adshead (Editor)
Publisher: Imperial College Press
Published: June 2001
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 252
ISBN-13: 9781860941344
Subjects: Psychiatry; Social welfare & social services; Pediatrics; Endocrinology & Metabolism; Medical / Nursing; Medical; Physiology; Psychotherapy - Child & Adolescent; Diseases
First sentence: Meadow introduced the term "Munchausen by Proxy" in 1977 and called it  "the hinterland of child abuse" (Meadow, 1977).