Concept information
Preferred term
Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy
Type
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Topical Descriptor
Broader concept
Scope note
- A phenomenon in which symptoms of a disease are fabricated by an individual other than the patient causing unnecessary, and often painful, physical examinations and treatments. This syndrome is considered a form of CHILD ABUSE, since another individual, usually a parent, is the source of the fabrication of symptoms and presents the child for medical care.
History note
- 92
In other languages
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Finnish
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Munchausen by proxy
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Munchausen by proxy -oireyhtymä
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Munchausen by proxy -syndrooma
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Münchausen by proxy
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Münchausen by proxy -syndrooma
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Swedish
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Barnmisshandel genom sjukvårdsinsatser
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Medicinsk barnmisshandel
URI
http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D016735
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