Quote: Tim Walker @ November 6 2010, 9:05 PM GMTIt can occur wherever one is in a position of care and power over another's life. Mother and child is just by far the commonest situation where this occurs.
There's a difference between inflicting harm on someone simply in order to bring attention to oneself and Münchhausen's by proxy, which can often be a far more subconscious cry for help and may involve genuine delusional thoughts and behaviour.
You have to judge each case on its individual circumstances really...
Thanks Tim. 
Quote: AndreaLynne @ November 6 2010, 9:11 PM GMTIn the one case (which sadly was a family member) the child had cancer (leukemia specifically) and went into remission. About 15 months later, he suddenly started losing weight. What everyone thought was a return of the cancer was actually his mother starving him and giving him diuretics. She then shaved his head and began pulling him out of school for "doctor's appointments." All of this was going on right under our entire family's watch. Luckily all is okay now, but she did cause the end of her marriage and is now in a mental health facility.
Neil, in the court proceedings, it was defined as being that.
Wow. How would you know? Terriable. At least all is well now.
