Citation

Crawford SM, Jeyasanger G, Wright M. Clin. Med. (Lond.) 2005; 5(4): 400-401.

Affiliation

Airedale General Hospital, Keighley, West Yorkshire. Michael.Crawford@anhst.nhs.uk

Copyright

(Copyright © 2005, Royal College of Physicians of London)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

16138498

Abstract

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.

Language: en