Munchausen syndrome by proxy

Munchausen syndrome by proxy
Munchausen syndrome by proxy also Munchausen's syndrome by proxy -bī-'präk-sē n a psychological disorder in which a parent and typically a mother harms her child (as by poisoning), falsifies the child's medical history, or tampers with the child's medical specimens in order to create a situation that requires or seems to require medical attention

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see factitious disorder by proxy, under disorder.

Medical dictionary. 2011.

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  • Munchausen syndrome by proxy — Psychiatry. a form of Munchausen syndrome in which a person induces or claims to observe a disease in another, usually a close relative, in order to attract the doctor s attention to herself or himself. * * * …   Universalium

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