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Dying to be Ill : true stories of medical deception

Feldman, Marc D., 1958- author, Yates, Gregory P., author

Overview

Most of us can recall a time when we pretended to be sick to reap the benefits that go along with illness. By playing sick, we gained sympathy, care, and attention, and were excused from our responsibilities. Though doing so on occasion is considered normal, there are those who carry their deceptions to the extreme. In this book, Dr. Marc Feldman describes people's strange motivations to fabricate or induce illness or injury to satisfy deep emotional needs. Doctors, family members, and friends are lured into a costly, frustrating, and potentially deadly web of deceit. From the mother who shaves her child's head and tells her community he has cancer, to the co-worker who suffers from a string of incomprehensible \"tragedies,\" to the false epilepsy victim who monopolizes her online support group, \"disease forgery\" is ever-present in the media and in many people's lives.

• Publisher: Routledge
• Subject: Mental illness Diagnosis. / Personality disorders. / Psychiatry. / Forensic psychiatry. / Attachment disorder. / Factitious Disorders psychology. / Deception. / Child Abuse. / Health Services Misuse.
• ISBN: 9781138063839, 1138063835, 9781138063815, 1138063819

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Call Number	Copies	Material	Location
RC469.F45 2018	1	BOOK	AUTOSTORE