Dying to be Ill
True Stories of Medical Deception
Most of us can recall a time when we pretended to be sick to reap the benefits that go along with illness. By playing sick, we gained sympathy, care, and attention, and were excused from our responsibilities. Though doing so on occasion is considered normal, there are those who carry their deceptions to the extreme. In this book, Dr. Marc Feldman describes people's strange motivations to fabricate or induce illness or injury to satisfy deep emotional needs. Doctors, family members, and friends are lured into a costly, frustrating, and potentially deadly web of deceit. From the mother who shaves her child's head and tells her community he has…
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Produktdetails
Weitere Autoren: Yates, Gregory P.
- ISBN: 978-1-351-66353-3
- EAN: 9781351663533
- Produktnummer: 31323238
- Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2018
- Seitenangabe: 298 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 1'500 KB
- Auflage: 1. Auflage
- Abbildungen: 5 schwarz-weiße Abbildungen, 5 schwarz-weiße Zeichnungen, 13 schwarz-weiße Tabellen
Über den Autor
Marc D. Feldman, MD, is an international expert in medical deception. His work has been featured in more than 200 magazines and newspapers, and on television and radio shows worldwide.Gregory P. Yates, MA, is a prize-winning graduate of Oxford University and holds a Master's degree from the University of Birmingham (UK). He is currently studying medicine in the UK.
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