The prevalence of mistreatment among the elderly with mental disorders in primary health care settings

The Journal of Adult Protection

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 20-24

  Racic, Maja ^a   Kusmuk, Srebrenka ^a   Kozomara, Ljilja ^b   Debelnogic, Branka ^b   Tepic, Rajna ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST SARAJEVO   (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

^b Health Centre   (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

Author keywords

EAST questionnaire; Elderly; Mistreatment

Indexed keywords

EID: 43249167059     PISSN: 14668203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14668203200600025     Document Type: Review

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