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dc.contributor.authorBlack, William
dc.date.accessioned2017-08-24T14:56:59Z
dc.date.available2017-08-24T14:56:59Z
dc.date.issued1993
dc.identifier.citationBlack, W., Powell, R. & Boast, N. (1993). Resource implications of Munchausen's syndrome. The British Journal of Psychiatry, 162 (JUNE), pp.847-848.
dc.identifier.other10.1192/bjp.162.6.847b
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12904/2279
dc.description.abstractComments on R. Powell and N. Boast's (see record 1993-45402-001) description of a man with Munchausen's syndrome (MCS) and the resource implications of his case. Black discusses Powell and Boast's proposed treatment of this S using provisions of the Mental Health Act of 1983 and concludes that compulsory treatment of patients with MCS cannot be legally, ethically, clinically, or financially justified. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved)
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dc.subjectCommitment of mentally ill
dc.titleResource implications of Munchausen's syndrome
dc.typeCorrespondence
html.description.abstractComments on R. Powell and N. Boast's (see record 1993-45402-001) description of a man with Munchausen's syndrome (MCS) and the resource implications of his case. Black discusses Powell and Boast's proposed treatment of this S using provisions of the Mental Health Act of 1983 and concludes that compulsory treatment of patients with MCS cannot be legally, ethically, clinically, or financially justified. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved)


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