![]() ![]() Munchausen by proxy (MBP) is the world's most hidden and dangerous form of child abuse, in which the caretaker - almost always the mother - invents or induces symptoms in her child because she craves the attention of medical professionals. This child will not ruin her plans.įrom early childhood, Julie Gregory was continually x-rayed, medicated, and operated on - in the vain pursuit of an illness that was created in her mother's mind. She checks her teeth for lipstick and, as the doctor enters, shoots the girl a warning glance. ![]() She's about to suggest open-heart surgery on her child to 'get to the bottom of this'. Her mother, on the other hand, seems curiously excited. ![]() It's 4 pm and she hasn't been allowed to eat anything all day. Just 12 years old, she's tall, skinny, and weak.
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