Abstract:Munchausen Syndrome defined by Asher in 1951 is named after fictitious Baron Karl FriedrichVon Munchausen.This syndrome is characterized by constituting diseases, pathological lying, and visiting healt care units many times with many hospitalizations. These patients seek attention of healthworkers pretending to be sick when in fact they are not. They try to obtain the care and intimacy from health professionals, which they don't feel they have in daily life They can have the support of physicians because they … Show more
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