Older people as objects, not subjects: Theory and practice in situations of elder abuse

Cruel but Not Unusual: Violence in Canadian Families

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 467-502

  Harbison, Joan ^a   McKinley, Pam ^b   Pettipas, Donna ^b  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Nova Scotia Department of Health Promotion and Protection   (Canada)

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