The abuse and neglect of older adults in Canada

Cruel but Not Unusual: Violence in Canadian Families

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 425-466

  McDonald, Lynn ^a,b   Collins, April A ^b   Dergal, Julie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

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