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| The epidemiology of elder abuse and neglect | | Author(s) | Laurence G Branch |
| Journal title | Public Policy and Aging Report, vol 12, no 2, Winter 2002 |
| Publisher | National Academy on an Aging Society, Winter 2002 |
| Pages | pp 19-23 |
| Keywords | Elder abuse ; Neglect [care] ; Literature reviews. |
| Annotation | Most authors agree that the concept of elder abuse has a long history, ranging from Srach writings in the 2nd century BC, through Shakespeare's "King Lear" around 1600, and Jonathan Swift's "Gulliver's Travels" in 1726. The application of population scientific methods to the problem is more recent. The first reference to elder abuse in the medical literature is attributed to G R Burston in a letter in the British Medical Journal (BMJ) in 1975. This article reviews subsequent developments in the research on elder abuse and neglect, with an eye toward areas that continue to need both explication and explanation. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-020423209 A |
| Classmark | QNT: QNR: 64A |
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