Child stealing by cesarean section: a psychiatric case report and review of the child stealing literature.
A highly unusual case of child stealing by cesarean section resulting in the death of the mother is presented. The judicial proceedings are summarized. The literature on the psychiatric status of perpetrators committing child stealing is presented. Two methods of psychiatrically categorizing these perpetrators are reviewed. The relevance of the literature to this and possible future cases is discussed.
Yutzy
S H
SH
Department of Psychiatry, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO.
Wolfson
J K
JK
Resnick
P J
PJ
D000328:Adult; D002585:Cesarean Section; D003415:Crime; D005162:Factitious Disorders / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006708:Homicide; D006801:Humans