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Ethical Considerations for Health-Related ServiceLearning Programs To the Editor: I read with interest Saffran’s commentary “Dancing Through Cape Coast: Ethical and Practical Considerations for Health-Related ServiceLearning Programs.” This and several other recent articles give U.S. medical students, clinicians, and educators plenty to digest regarding the ethics of temporary international lea...

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Elder justice: Preventing and intervening in elder mistreatment.

In the United States, as many as 1 in 10 older adults and 47% of persons with dementia living at home experience some form of mistreatment (IOM, 2013). Elder mistreatment results in diminished well-being and quality of life, and violates the rights of older adults to be safe and free from violence. Elder mistreatment can occur anywhere--in the home, in care and residential facilities and in the...