"Flying by the Seat of Our Pants": Current Processes to Share Best Practices to Deal With Elder Abuse

Journal of Elder Abuse and Neglect

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 179-194

  Stolee, Paul ^a   Hiller, Loretta M ^b   Etkin, Maureen ^c   McLeod, Jordache ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b LAWSON HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c Ontario Network for the Prevention of Elder Abuse   (Canada)

Author keywords

best practices; elder abuse; knowledge exchange; knowledge translation; research priorities

Indexed keywords

AGED; ELDER ABUSE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; REVIEW; STATISTICS;

AGED; ELDER ABUSE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE;

EID: 84859628640     PISSN: 08946566     EISSN: 15404129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08946566.2011.646528     Document Type: Review

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