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The Symbolic Significance of Munchausen's Syndrome

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Jane Falvey  and
Seathra O'Donoghue
Jane Falvey
Affiliation:
St Brendan's Hospital Dublin 7, Ireland
Seathra O'Donoghue
Affiliation:
St Brendan's Hospital Dublin 7, Ireland
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 151 , Issue 5 , November 1987 , pp. 703
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Copyright © 1987 The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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