The Dimensions of Elder Abuse: Perspectives for Practitioners

ISBN-13: 9780333625682 / Angielski / Miękka / 1997 / 256 str.

Gerry Bennett;Etc.

Opis

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.

Spis treści

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.