Review the legal implications surrounding factitious disorder imposed on another

What will be an ideal response?

Physical problems that are induced in others have serious legal implications for the perpetrator. When proved, this disorder is considered to be a form of child abuse, and the parent can be prosecuted. Sometimes this disorder occurs in nursing homes with crimes perpetrated against the elderly; in this case, the perpetrator may be a health care worker.

Psychology

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To increase organizational citizenship behaviour

A) reduce turnover. B) increase job satisfaction. C) increase performance. D) decrease procedural fairness. E) reduce organizational commitment.

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According to the text, which of the following statements about how girls and boys benefit from their mothers' working outside the home is most accurate?

a. Boys generally benefit more than girls. b. Girls generally benefit more than boys. c. Boys and girls both generally benefit, and in about the same amount. d. Neither boys nor girls benefit, and all children suffer when their mothers have to work.

Psychology