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Protecting older adults in the Israeli health system
— cross-cultural interactions involved in legal and social elder abuse interventions | | Author(s) | Mara Schecter |
| Journal title | Journal of Religion, Spirituality and Aging, vol 29, nos 2-3, April-September 2017 |
| Publisher | Taylor and Francis, April-September 2017 |
| Pages | pp 191-207 |
| Source | http://tandf.com |
| Keywords | Elder abuse ; Evaluation ; Measurement ; Law ; Israel ; United States of America ; Cross cultural surveys. |
| Annotation | In 2002 the World Health Organization published a categorical definition of `Elder Abuse' but the relevant social and legal interventions differed markedly even among Western-oriented countries. The aim of this article was to compare and contrast approaches to this widespread and very serious problem in the New York City and the Israeli health care systems. Study findings showed that in today's world family members do not all necessarily live on the same continent, so professionals must be aware of the way things are done in countries other than their own. The differences in the interventions employed, or not employed, in these two specific systems highlight the need to understand not only how elder abuse is dealt with in each place, but the conceptual framework that governs it. The present article can serve as a guide for American professionals and others concerned with the problems of elder abuse who function within the Israeli health care system. (JL). |
| Accession Number | CPA-171020222 A |
| Classmark | QNT: 4C: 3R: VR: 7H6: 7T: 3KA |
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