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| An ethical perspective on institutional abuse of older adults | | Author(s) | Jane Garner, Sandra Evans |
| Journal title | Psychiatric Bulletin, vol 26, no 5, May 2002 |
| Pages | pp 164-165 |
| Keywords | Elder abuse ; Care homes ; Nursing homes ; Hospital services ; Doctors ; Social ethics. |
| Annotation | Old age psychiatrists and their teams have a particular responsibility in the identification and prevention of elder abuse and in carefully examining the factors that foster "the corruption of care" (I Wardhaugh and P Whiting, Critical Social Policy, 37(3), pp 4-31). This paper focuses on the role of the doctor, and deals specifically with the ethics of abuse occurring in the setting of care in residential and nursing homes and hospital wards by those who are in breach of both a direct obligation to care and an expectation of trust. The suggestion of the widespread nature of abusive treatment, particularly in hospital wards, may be surprising. However, there is evidence that older people living in care are more likely to be at risk than those who live in the community. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-021109201 A |
| Classmark | QNT: KW: LHB: LD: QT2: TQ |
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