TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Chapter 94. Pediatric Condition Falsification A1 - Schreier, Herbert A2 - Rudolph, Colin D. A2 - Rudolph, Abraham M. A2 - Lister, George E. A2 - First, Lewis R. A2 - Gershon, Anne A. PY - 2011 T2 - Rudolph's Pediatrics, 22e AB - Factitious disorder by proxy, previously known as Munchausen by proxy, occurs when a caretaker (usually a mother) directly causes her child to be, or appear to be, ill or impaired and obtains medical interventions. The name for this disorder is derived from the adult condition factitious disorder, which is a self-inflicted or fabricated illness to gain medical attention. In factitious disorder by proxy, a child may be hospitalized unnecessarily or may receive inappropriate procedures and treatments that may have devastating effects on the child. SN - PB - The McGraw-Hill Companies CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/03/28 UR - accesspediatrics.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=6739055 ER -