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Playing sick? : untangling the web of Munchausen syndrome, Munchausen by proxy, malingering & factitious disorder
- Title
- Playing sick? : untangling the web of Munchausen syndrome, Munchausen by proxy, malingering & factitious disorder / Marc D. Feldman.
- Author
- Feldman, Marc D., 1958-
- Publication
- New York : Brunner-Routledge, 2004.
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- Description
- xxx, 288 p.; 24 cm.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [245]-261) and index.
- Contents
- Dying for attention -- Disease or deception? an overview of the issues -- Pseudologia fantastica: lies larger than life -- Invading the body: the enemy within -- Feverish ploys -- Out of control: when the ruse becomes real -- False accusations and the girl who cried "wolf" -- Drawing back the curtains: the motives behind the madness -- Mental masquerades -- Munchausen by proxy: when factitious disorder becomes abuse -- Munchausen by proxy 2: after detection -- Cyber-deception: virtual factitious disorder and Munchausen by internet -- People who care: the casualties of deception -- Conscience, ethics, and the law -- Detection and diagnosis -- Healing: intervention and treatment.
- Call Number
- JFE 04-11543
- ISBN
- 0415949343 (hardcover)
- LCCN
- 2003025175
- OCLC
- 53477928
- Author
- Feldman, Marc D., 1958-
- Title
- Playing sick? : untangling the web of Munchausen syndrome, Munchausen by proxy, malingering & factitious disorder / Marc D. Feldman.
- Imprint
- New York : Brunner-Routledge, 2004.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [245]-261) and index.
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- Research Call Number
- JFE 04-11543