Deception.
- Date:
- 1995
- Videos
About this work
Description
This programme looks at people with Munchausen Syndrome, a psychological disorder that leads them to fake illnesses to satisfy their addiction to hospital care. We meet Nina Stansfield (a qualified nurse) who has had, among other things, 7 laparotomies for faked ectopic pregnancies, and Simon Marsh who researches medical conditions then simulates them in A&E departments.
Publication/Creation
UK : Channel 4, 1995.
Physical description
1 videocassette (60 min.) (VHS) : sound, colour, PAL.
Series
Contributors
Notes
Broadcast on 23 October, 1995.
Creator/production credits
An Oxford Television Company Production.
Copyright note
Channel 4
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Where to find it
Location Status Access Closed stores4007V