Munchausen syndrome by proxy

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Munchausen syndrome by proxy

A psychiatric disorder in which a parent or other caregiver seeks attention from medical professionals by causing or fabricating signs or symptoms of illness in a child.

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Mun′chausen syn`drome by prox′y

a form of Munchausen syndrome in which a person induces or claims to observe a disease in another, usually a close relative, in order to attract the doctor's attention to herself or himself.

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He said the behaviour was typical of factitious illness by proxy where someone fabricates illness in another.

Youngster poisoned with salt by evil mother

She was said to be suffering from factitious illness by proxy, a disorder previously referred to as Munchausen's syndrome by proxy.

He said the behaviour was typical of factitious illness by proxy where someone tries to fabricate illness in another.