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Elder abuse prevention : emerging trends and promising strategies /
This book describes what has been done and what remains to be done to prevent elder abuse, treat its effects, and ensure justice. It further addresses the broader need to fortify our long-term care, protective service, and legal systems to meet the new and imminent demands of a burgeoning elderly po...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Springer Pub.,
©2008.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | This book describes what has been done and what remains to be done to prevent elder abuse, treat its effects, and ensure justice. It further addresses the broader need to fortify our long-term care, protective service, and legal systems to meet the new and imminent demands of a burgeoning elderly population. Nerenberg explores trends that have shaped or define practice in the field including the ''criminalization'' of elder abuse, the Supreme Court's Olmstead decision, an increasingly multicultural elderly population, and heightened understanding the ''psychology of victimization.''. Elder Abu. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xix, 299 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-281) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780826103383 0826103383 128126606X 9781281266064 |