Primary care physicians and elder abuse: Current attitudes and practices

Journal of the American Osteopathic Association

Volumn 110, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 703-711

  Wagenaar, Deborah B ^a   Rosenbaum, Rachel ^b   Page, Connie ^c   Herman, Sandra ^c  

^a Michigan State University   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; ELDER ABUSE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MANDATORY REPORTING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MIDDLE AGED; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; ELDER ABUSE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MANDATORY REPORTING; MICHIGAN; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIANS, PRIMARY CARE; STATISTICS AS TOPIC;

EID: 79953211545     PISSN: 00986151     EISSN: 00986151     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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