title: Communication failure--Munchausen's without frontiers.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Garvey
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Fitzmaurice
mesh_terms: D003125:Colostomy / Q000379:methods; D003142:Communication; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006760:Hospitalization / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009110:Munchausen Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis*; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D012002:Rectal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D014456:Ulcer / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery