Nursing home abuse report and investigation legislation

Journal of Elder Abuse and Neglect

Volumn 19, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 119-131

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Abuse; Legislation; Mistreatment; Nursing home; Statute

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CRIME; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; NURSING HOME; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

AGED; ELDER ABUSE; HUMANS; NURSING HOMES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 37549020115     PISSN: 08946566     EISSN: 15404129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J084v19n03_07     Document Type: Article

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