Sickened by Julie Gregory
Munchausen by Proxy
From early childhood, Julie was continually x-rayed, medicated and operated on - in the vain pursuit of an illness that was created in her mother's mind. Munchausen by Proxy is the world's most hidden and dangerous form of child abuse in which the caretaker - almost always the mother - invents or induces symptoms in her child because she craves the attention of medical professionals. Many of the children die. This is an unforgettable story, unforgettably told ....
Bantam, 2003, 244 pages.
There is minor wear to the cover, very light yellowing of pages.
