Ensuring continuity of care for a Munchausen patient through a public guardian

B. H. McFarland; M. Resnick; J. D. Bloom

doi:10.1176/ps.34.1.65

Ensuring continuity of care for a Munchausen patient through a public guardian

B. H. McFarland, M. Resnick, J. D. Bloom

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Abstract

Patients having chronic factitious disorder with physical symptoms (Munchausen's syndrome) may obstruct treatment of coexistent medical or surgical problems. When faced with this situation recently, the authors found public guardianship a useful approach to ensure continuity of care.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	65-67
Number of pages	3
Journal	Hospital and Community Psychiatry
Volume	34
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.34.1.65
State	Published - 1983
Externally published	Yes

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