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A case of munchausen syndrome by proxy presenting as a medical negligence action
Author(s) -
Guarnero Ricardo A.
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
journal of healthcare risk management
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.221
H-Index - 16
eISSN - 2040-0861
pISSN - 1074-4797
DOI - 10.1002/jhrm.5600190206
Subject(s) - munchausen syndrome , medical negligence , action (physics) , proxy (statistics) , psychiatry , medical emergency , psychology , poison control , medicine , child abuse , suicide prevention , law , political science , computer science , physics , quantum mechanics , machine learning
The parents of a child who was transported lifeless to a hospital initiated a medical negligence action. Only after discovery did it become clear that the mother, suffering from a disorder known as Munchausen syndrome by proxy, caused the death of the child. The case presented a number of complex evidentiary and litigation issues likely to be encountered by other medical‐negligence defense attorneys.