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Download full textReis, Bruce E. – 1989
Incidence rates are critically examined in light of varying definitions of what constitutes elder abuse. It is suggested that the clinician's position of mandatory reporting is an unrealistic response in many cases of elder abuse due to the lack of adequate support services for either the abuser or the elder. Outcome studies are used to support…
Descriptors: Caregivers, Clinical Diagnosis, Elder Abuse, Family Violence
