PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - S Michael Crawford
AU  - Ganesan Jeyasanger
AU  - Marie Wright
TI  - A visitor with Munchausen's syndrome
AID  - 10.7861/clinmedicine.5-4-400
DP  - 2005 Jul 01
TA  - Clinical Medicine
PG  - 400--401
VI  - 5
IP  - 4
4099  - http://www.rcpjournals.org/content/5/4/400.short
4100  - http://www.rcpjournals.org/content/5/4/400.full
SO  - Clin Med2005 Jul 01; 5
AB  - The arrival on the hospital ward of a person who was fabricating an illness was an unsettling experience for the medical and nursing staff involved. As the patient was expected only to be present for a short time and claimed to have a proven diagnosis, the approach may have been less rigorous than usual. The article describes the experience of three members of staff with a patient who proved to have Munchausen's syndrome, and their reaction to discovering the truth.