Nursing home statutes: Mistreatment definitions

Journal of Elder Abuse and Neglect

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 19-39

  Daly, Jeanette M ^a   Jogerst, Gerald J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Abuse; Elder mistreatment; Interpersonal abuse; Intimate partner violence; Older women

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247331003     PISSN: 08946566     EISSN: 15404129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J084v18n01_02     Document Type: Article

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