Emergency health care personnel's knowledge and experience of elder abuse in Izmir

Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 267-276

  Mandiracioglu, Aliye ^a   Govsa, Figen ^a   Celikli, Semra ^a   Yildirim, Gul Ozlem ^a  

^a EGE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Abuse of older people; Attitude; Emergency services; Health care personnel; Knowledge

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CRIME; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ELDER ABUSE; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; TURKEY;

EID: 33747153624     PISSN: 01674943     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.archger.2005.10.013     Document Type: Article

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