The dimensions of elder abuse : perspective for practitioners

Author(s)

• Bennett, Gerry, Dr
• Kingston, Paul
• Penhale, Bridget

Bibliographic Information

The dimensions of elder abuse : perspective for practitioners

Gerry Bennett, Paul Kingston, Bridget Penhale ; consultant editor, Jo Campling

Macmillan, 1997

Note

Includes bibliographical references (p. 226-251) and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Adopting an interdisciplinary framework in recognition of the range of domestic and institutional settings in which elder abuse can occur, this book both explains the nature of this under-reported and little understood problem and addresses the vital question of how practitioners can best work towards its prevention. Locating elder abuse in a spectrum of family violence, the book gives a balanced account of relevant perspectives on it, drawn from the medical, legal, health and social welfare spheres.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements.- Introduction.- Contemporary Overview.- Dimensions of Family.- Violence Institutional Dimensions.- Medical Dimensions.- Legal Dimensions.- Dimensions of Interventions.- International Developments and the Research.- Agenda Conclusion.- Bibliography.- Index.

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Details

• NCID: BA3372419X
• ISBN:
  • 0333625684
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Basingstoke
• Pages/Volumes: viii, 256 p.
• Size: 22 cm
• Classification:
  • DC21 : 362.6
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Aged -- Abuse of -- Great Britain