Effectively detect and manage elder abuse

Nurse Practitioner

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 22-31

  Brown, Kathleen ^a   Streubert, George E ^a   Burgess, Ann W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; CRIME; DOCUMENTATION; FORENSIC MEDICINE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MANDATORY REPORTING; METHODOLOGY; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSE PRACTITIONER; NURSING; NURSING ASSESSMENT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RAPE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR;

AGED; DOCUMENTATION; ELDER ABUSE; FORENSIC MEDICINE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; MANDATORY REPORTING; NURSE PRACTITIONERS; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ADMISSION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RAPE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 16544381834     PISSN: 03611817     EISSN: 15388662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006205-200408000-00004     Document Type: Article

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