Munchausen by proxy: a qualitative investigation into online perceptions of medical child abuse - Anderson APA, Feldman MD, Bryce J.

In Munchausen by proxy (MBP) maltreatment, increasingly termed "medical child abuse" (MCA), a caregiver fabricates or induces illness in another. The perpetrator's goal for the behavior is to meet personal emotional needs by forcing unnecessary or misguide...
Source: SafetyLit - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Infants and Children Source Type: news