An Ecological Framework for Contextual Risk Factors in Elder Abuse by Adult Children

Journal of Elder Abuse and Neglect

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 79-103

  Schiamberg, Lawrence B ^a   Gans, Daphna ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Exosystem; Extrafamilial environments; Family dyad; Macrosystem; Mesosystem; Microsystem; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

EID: 22844456715     PISSN: 08946566     EISSN: 15404129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J084v11n01_05     Document Type: Article

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