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Elder abuse : a public health perspective / Randal W. Summers, Allan M. Hoffman, editors.

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Elder abuse : a public health perspective / Randal W. Summers, Allan M. Hoffman, editors.
Publication
Washington, DC : American Public Health Association, c2006.

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Additional Authors
  • Summers, Randal W., 1946-
  • Hoffman, Allan M. (Allan Michael)
  • American Public Health Association
Description
ix, 179 p.; 23 cm.
Summary
Product Description: Addresses key issues facing older people and our entire society. Topics include care pathway model, guidelines for health care professionals, understanding elder abuse in minority populations, moral and ethical implications of elder abuse, sexual violence against elderly women, helping victims, and more. For public health personnel.
Subject
  • Health Services for the Aged
  • Public Health
  • Elder Abuse > diagnosis
  • Elder Abuse > prevention & control
  • Older people > Abuse of > United States
  • Abused older people > United States
  • Older people > Health and hygiene > United States
  • Medical policy > United States
  • United States
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Foreward / John C. Rother -- Introduction / Randal Summers and Allan Hoffman -- Elder abuse: definition and scope of the problem / Tina Fryling, Randal Summers and Allan Hoffman -- Care pathway model and guidelines for health care professionals / Tom Miller -- Caregiver stress and nurse/health therapist identification of abuse in the home / Denise Bender -- Understanding elder abuse in minority populations / Paulina Ruf -- International/cultural perspectives on elder abuse / Mary Newman-- The moral ethical implications of elder abuse / Dawn Oetjen and Reid Oetjen -- Hidden within the golden years: intimate partner violence and abuse against older women / Bonnie Fisher, Therese Zink and Saundra Regan -- Verbal abuse and communication neglect in the elderly / Helen Sorenson -- Sexual violence against elderly women / Joanne Ardovini -- Helping victims: social services, health care interventions in elderly abuse / James Anderson and Nancie J. Mangels -- Conclusion / Randal Summers and Allan Hoffman.
ISBN
  • 9780875530505
  • 0875530508
LCCN
^^2006048365
OCLC
  • 70063112
  • SCSB-12874106
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library