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The understanding that care staff bring to abuse
Author(s)	Fiona Parley
Journal title	The Journal of Adult Protection, vol 12, no 1, February 2010
Pages	pp 13-26
Source	Website: http://pierprofessional.metapress.com/content/1213... doi: 10.5042/jap.2010.0090
Keywords	Mental disorder ; Elder abuse ; Attitude ; Social workers ; Care support workers ; Qualitative Studies.
Annotation	Abuse has received much attention over the past decade and many definitions abound. However, there has been a lack of research into the interpretations that care staff give to this concept. This article describes this aspect of a research study in which care staff views relating to vulnerability and abuse of adults with learning disabilities were explored (Parley, 2007). Using semi-structured interview, informants' perspectives were explored. The results showed that contact abuse (physical and sexual) was readily identified by most informants. However bullying, neglect and infringement of rights were less frequently identified. Furthermore, when prompted, some did not consider these to be abuse. (KJ/RH).
Accession Number	CPA-100413203 A
Classmark	E: QNT: DP: QR: QRS: 3DP
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