Ethical and psychosocial issues raised by the practice in cases of mistreatment of older adults

Journal of Gerontological Social Work

Volumn 46, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 161-186

  Beaulieu, Marie ^a   Leclerc, Nancy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE OF GERIATRICS OF SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ethical issues; Intervention; Mistreatment of older adults; Practice improvement; Psychosocial issues; Values

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE MANAGEMENT; COOPERATION; CRIME; ETHICS; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MEDICAL ETHICS; ORGANIZATION; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL WORK;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE MANAGEMENT; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; ELDER ABUSE; ETHICS, MEDICAL; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL WORK;

EID: 84920678555     PISSN: 01634372     EISSN: 15404048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J083v46n03_10     Document Type: Article

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