Elder mistreatment
Subtitle: abuse, neglect, and exploitation in an aging America
By: Richard J. Bonnie and Robert B. Wallace, editors
Contributors: Wallace, Robert B
Publisher: National Academic Press
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 552
Subjects: Older people -- Abuse of -- United States
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index

Also available online via National Academies Press web site (viewed Feb. 25, 2003)
Table of contents: title: 1. Introduction; title: 2. Concepts, definitions, and guidelines for measurement; title: 3. A Theoretical model of elder mistreatment; title: 4. The Occurrence of elder mistreatment; title: 5. Risk factors for elder mistreatment; title: 6. Screening and case identification in clinical settings; title: 7. Evaluating interventions; title: 8. Research ethics; title: 9. Moving forward; title: 10. Elder mistreatment: epidemiological assessment methodology; title: 11. Ethical and policy issues in research on elder abuse and neglect; title: 12. The Clinical and medical forensics of elder abuse and neglect; title: 13. Financial abuse of the elderly in domestic settings; title: 14. Elder abuse in residential long-term care settings: what is known and what information is needed?; title: 15. Elder abuse intervention: lessons from child abuse and domestic violence initiatives