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A World-Wide Tragedy: International cases of enforced child removal

Authorities mistaking ME/CFS in children for Munchausen's Syndrome By Proxy or child abuse is a world-wide problem. Following is an index of articles on the subject, personal testimonies and advice on how to deal with such allegations.

Protecting the Needs of Children with ME

Action for ME

'Inhuman' Scheme Forces Children Into Psychiatric Units

The Big Issue, August 17-28 1998
Doctors in Bitter Row Over Case of ME Girl

The Scotsman, 28 August 1998

Mother Given Reprieve Over Threat to Take Daughter Into Care

The Scotsman, 15 Sept. 1998

One Family's Nightmare: A CFS Tragedy

By Mary O'Connor, with a prologue by Dr Charles Lapp.

Ean's Story

InterAction, Issue No 3 Autumn 1989

Testimony to the US Congress CFS Coordinating Commitee

By Jill McLaughlin, April 29, 1998

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