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Peer reviewedCohen, Elias S. – Society, 1978
America's elderly are affected in very special ways by the law: some as a result of special legislation or court decisions, some deriving from the objective life-situation of certain old people, and some from the special prejudices that are visited upon the elderly. (Author)
Descriptors: Civil Liberties, Gerontology, Government Role, Institutionalized Persons
