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Dermatitis Artefacta in Mother and Baby as Child Abuse

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

David P. H. Jones
David P. H. Jones*
Affiliation:
C. Henry Kempe National Center, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, Colorado, USA; Park Hospital for Children, Oxford
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There has been attention drawn recently to those parents who deliberately harm their children in relatively unusual ways such as poisoning (Rogers et al, 1976; Lorber et al, 1980; Kempe and Heifer, 1980). Prognosis has been poor, with a high mortality rate for the children unless removed, and parental denial precluding any form of family rehabilitation.

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Research Article
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 143 , Issue 2 , August 1983 , pp. 199 - 200
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Copyright © 1983 The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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