Medical child abuse occurs when a child receives unnecessary and potentially harmful medical care at the instigation of a caretaker. Written and edited by leading experts on child abuse, ""Medical Child Abuse: Beyond Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy"" makes the case that the term Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy should be retired permanently, and replaced with a commonsense appreciation that children can be abused by their parents in the medical environment. Physicians who find themselves giving unnecessary and harmful medical care can see the abuse for what it is - another way parents can harm children. The new resource offers the first detailed, and comprehensive description of treatment for this form of child maltreatment.