A Practical Guide to Factitious Illness in Care Proceedings

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A Practical Guide to Factitious Illness in Care Proceedings

By Sharan Bhachu
Law Brief Publishing April 2023

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ISBN-13
9781914608421
Publisher
Law Brief Publishing
Publication
April 2023
Format
Paperback
Jurisdiction
U.K. ? Countri(es) for reference only
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A focused practical guide for advocates dealing with cases that involve FII, providing an understanding of the different definitions and terms. Helpful advice and guidance in how to draft thresholds with emphasis on the case law and how the complex and case specific issues that arise in such cases can be dealt with and managed, alongside analysis of the pitfalls and areas of difficulties that also can arise.

Table of Contents

Chapter One – Defining Factitious Illness Disorders
Introduction
Medically unexplained symptoms (MUS)
Perplexing presentations
Other factitious disorders
– Malingering
– Somatic symptom disorders (SSD)
Summary

Chapter Two – How Do FII Cases Fit Within Care Proceedings: Pre-Proceedings
Perplexing Presentations (PP) / Fabricated or Induced Illness (FII) in Children RCPCH Guidance
– Alerting signs
– Health and Education Rehabilitation Plans
– Responsible Consultant and Named and Designated professionals
– Record keeping and Chronologies
Safeguarding Children in whom illness is fabricated or induced’ – The 2008 Guidance
Summary

Chapter Three – Threshold and Fact-Finding
Recognition of which type of FII is involved
Preparation of the papers
Pleading of thresholds and schedule of findings
Further legal considerations
Covert Recordings
– Recordings by parents/carers
– Covert Video Surveillance
– Intimate Images
Expert assessment
Summary

Chapter Four – Post-Fact Finding
Harm to children
What now?
Summary
Conclusion
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