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The mother next door : medicine, deception, and Munchausen by proxy

The mother next door : medicine, deception, and Munchausen by proxy

Dunlop, Andrea, author.
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"A groundbreaking work of narrative nonfiction that investigates Munchausen by Proxy from the host and creator of the award-winning true crime podcast Nobody Should Believe Me. No bond is more sacred than that between a mother and child. And no one is more sympathetic than a mother whose child faces a life-threatening illness. But what if the mother is the cause of the illness? What if the sympathy is the point? Munchausen by proxy (MBP) has fasc...

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Child abuse Investigation United States
Munchausen syndrome by proxy United States
Weber, Mike, 1964-
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ISBN:
9781250284273 (hardcover)
9781250284273
1250284279
Edition:
First edition
Description:
xxx, 272 pages ; 25 cm
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references
Contents:
Meet Hope
Saving Sophia
Meet Mike Weber
The investigation begins
A family divided
Poison
The interview
The arrest
Aftermath
What happened to Alyssa?
Fooling no one
"Unable to determine"
The turn
The trial
Reason to believe
After the fall
When Mary met Doug
Jane Justin
Turning Doug
"Nurse" Mary
A tangled web
Minnesota
A seismic shift
LCCN:
2024041821
Control Number:
3358120
Other Authors:
Weber, Mike, 1964- author
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