Elder mistreatment : abuse, neglect, and exploitation in an aging America

Elder mistreatment : abuse, neglect, and exploitation in an aging America Panel to Review Risk and Prevalence of Elder Abuse and Neglect ; Richard J. Bonnie and Robert B. Wallace, editors ; Committee on National Statistics and Committee on Law and Justice, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, National Research - Washington, D.C National Academies Press c2003 - xiv, 552 p. : il. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Assesses what researchers know about the nature of abuse of the elderly, and the current status of national, state, and local efforts to gauge its prevalence.

0309084342


DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
ELDER ABUSE


UNITED STATES

362.6 ELD