Epidemiology of suspected elderly mistreatment in Singapore

Singapore Medical Journal

Volumn 49, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 765-773

  Haur, Phua Dong ^a   Ng, T W ^b   Seow, E ^a  

^a TAN TOCK SENG HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b Care and Counselling Department

Author keywords

Domestic violence; Elder abuse; Elderly mistreatment; Geriatric problems; Neglect

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRIME; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL PERSONNEL; SENESCENCE; SINGAPORE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CRIME VICTIMS; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; ELDER ABUSE; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; GERIATRICS; HUMANS; MALE; SINGAPORE; SOCIAL WORK;

EID: 54949145718     PISSN: 00375675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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