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The Symbolic Significance of Munchausen's Syndrome

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Anne Cremona-Barbaro*
Affiliation:
Wexham Park Hospital, Slough, Berks SL2 4HL

Abstract

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Copyright
Copyright © 1987 The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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