Bruising as a Marker of Physical Elder Abuse
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Bruising as a marker of physical elder abuse.
OBJECTIVES To describe bruising as a marker of physical elder abuse. DESIGN Consenting older adults were examined to document location and size of bruises and assess whether they were inflicted during physical abuse. An expert panel confirmed physical abuse. Findings were compared with results of an earlier study of accidental bruising in older adults. SETTING Residences of participants. ...
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1522-8401/$ see fro doi:10.1016/j.cpem.2 *Department of Pedi yMayerson Center fo Hospital Medica Medicine, Cincin zDivision of Forens Medicine, Louisvi Reprint requests and ment of Pediatrics 40202. (E-mails: mary.pierce@loui [email protected] Bruising is one of the earliest, most common, and easily recognizable signs of physical child abuse and can signal escalating interpersonal violence with...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
سال: 2009
ISSN: 0002-8614,1532-5415
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2009.02330.x