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| Indirect life-threatening behavior in elderly patients | | Author(s) | Jane M Thibault, James G O'Brien, L Carolyn Turner |
| Journal title | Journal of Elder Abuse & Neglect, vol 11, no 2, 1999 |
| Pages | pp 21-32 |
| Source | http://www.tandfonline.com |
| Keywords | Self care capacity ; At risk ; Neglect [care] ; Case studies ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | Older people frequently engage in such indirect life-threatening behaviours as extreme lack of self-care, refusal to eat, refusal to take medication, and failure to comply with an understood medical regimen. These behaviours are often classified as non-compliance or passive suicide. Analysis of such phenomena reveals that these actions can represent attempts by the person to gain control of and to ameliorate a negative life situation. A case is presented which demonstrates the ultimate outcome of engagement in such behaviour when it is misinterpreted and left untreated. The functions of indirect life-threatening behaviour are discussed. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-000531212 A |
| Classmark | CA: CA3: QNR: 69P: 7T |
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