Mandatory reporting of elder abuse: Between a rock and a hard place

Annals of Family Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 403-409

  Rodríguez, Michael A ^a,b   Wallace, Steven P ^a   Woolf, Nicholas H ^a   Mangione, Carol M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Elder abuse; Health care; Health care delivery; Health services research; Qualitative; Reporting

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRIME; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATION PROGRAM; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LAW; MALE; MANDATORY REPORTING; PHYSICIAN;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ELDER ABUSE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL MEDICINE; INTERVIEWS; LOS ANGELES; MALE; MANDATORY REPORTING; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 33749614166     PISSN: 15441709     EISSN: 15441717     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1370/afm.575     Document Type: Article

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