Elder abuse

Australian Family Physician

Volumn 33, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 807-812

  Kurrle, Susan ^a  

^a Hornsby Ku Ring Gai Health Service   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLASSIFICATION; CRIME; ETHICS; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HOME CARE; HUMAN; INTOXICATION; MALE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ELDER ABUSE; FAMILY; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HOME CARE SERVICES; HOME NURSING; HUMANS; MALE; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; POISONING; PREVALENCE;

EID: 16544392901     PISSN: 03008495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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