SYSK Selects: How Munchausen Syndrome Works
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Monkhausen by Proxy?
Sudden infant death syndrome still is a medical mystery. A woman named Juanita Hoyt had six children die between 1965 and 1971. She was convicted for real in 87 and sentenced to 20 years. The idea that Monkhausen by proxy does exist, as I said, is endorsed by the AMA and the APA.
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