The tangled web: Münchausen by Internet and the threat to online health forums
Online anonymity makes Munchausen by Internet harder to spot than those who fake illnesses in hospitals and surgeries. Image courtesy of: FrancisTyers.
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Health forum users are often patients themselves, and particularly vulnerably... -
Online anonymity makes Munchausen by Internet harder to spot than those who... -
Andy Pulman is a web team leader at Bournemouth University's School of Health...
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