Behavioral disorder in which an adult fakes an illness in (mostly) a child or other proxy(s)

The death of innocents / Richard Firstman and Jamie Talan.

Fabricating, feigning and fantasising illness : Munchausen's syndrome and its related illnesses / Laura Tessa Miller Stewartt.

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The death of innocents / Richard Firstman and Jamie Talan.

Fabricating, feigning and fantasising illness : Munchausen's syndrome and its related illnesses / Laura Tessa Miller Stewartt.