Munchausen syndrome by proxy (MSBP): an extreme form of child abuse with a special forensic challenge.

Abstract:

:Munchausen syndrome by proxy (MSBP) is a special form of child abuse in which an adult repeatedly produces symptoms of illness in a person under his/her care. In most cases the perpetrators are mothers who repeatedly and in different ways produce or feign symptoms of illness in their children in order to obtain medical treatment for them. MSBP is thus a special form of child abuse that is also of importance in the field of forensic medicine and a particular challenge to the medicolegal expert. We report two cases of poisoning with different substances (clozapine and clonidine) detected by toxicological investigations at our Department of Legal Medicine. The relevance of the problem for the medicolegal expert and the importance of an interdisciplinary co-operation are pointed out.

journal_name

Forensic Sci Int

authors

Bartsch C,Risse M,Schütz H,Weigand N,Weiler G

doi

10.1016/j.forsciint.2003.07.007

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Has Abstract

pub_date

2003-11-26 00:00:00

pages

147-51

issue

2-3

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0379-0738

issn

1872-6283

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S037907380300358X

journal_volume

137

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