Malingering can be done by anyone who like to do it. Malingerers are “gaming the system” for personal advantage, the last thing they want is an accurate identification of their behaviour and appropriate intervention. The emergency physician should maintain clinical neutrality, offering the reassurance that the symptoms and examination are not consistent with any serious disease (Heer).
Labelling someone as a malingerer has far-reaching medico legal, personal, and economic ramifications for both subject and accuser. In medicine, the imputation that symptoms are significantly exaggerated or feigned risks law suits (e.g. for defamation of character) and even personal danger (Hofling 1965).
“The best example of malingerers are the soldiers of all
Labelling someone as a malingerer has far-reaching medico legal, personal, and economic ramifications for both subject and accuser. In medicine, the imputation that symptoms are significantly exaggerated or feigned risks law suits (e.g. for defamation of character) and even personal danger (Hofling 1965).
“The best example of malingerers are the soldiers of all