RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 A visitor with Munchausen's syndrome
JF Clinical Medicine
JO Clin Med
FD Royal College of Physicians
SP 400
OP 401
DO 10.7861/clinmedicine.5-4-400
VO 5
IS 4
A1 S Michael Crawford
A1 Ganesan Jeyasanger
A1 Marie Wright
YR 2005
UL http://www.rcpjournals.org/content/5/4/400.abstract
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.