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    What is the term used to describe a patient who "displays" medical illness/symptoms in order to achieve material gains or avoid inconvenient social obligations?

    Question #69341. Asked by diffuseaxon. (Aug 05 06 4:13 PM)


    gdec1

    		Malingering is a medical and psychological term that refers to an individual faking the symptoms of mental or physical disorders for a myriad of reasons such as fraud, dereliction of responsibilities, or attempting to obtain medications or to lighten criminal sentences. Because malingerers are usually seeking some sort of primary or secondary gain, this disorder remains separate of Somatization disorders and factitious disorder in which the gain is not obvious.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malingering


    Aug 05 06, 4:23 PM
    vogon

    		Munchausen's Syndrome, perhaps?

    Aug 05 06, 10:43 PM
    romeomikegolf

    		vogon, Munchausens is something different.
    http://www.patient.co.uk/showdoc/40001267/

    someone with the syndrome fakes illness to get medical attention, not to avoid an obligation.

    Aug 05 06, 10:51 PM

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