The prevalence of elder abuse and neglect: a systematic review
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The prevalence of elder abuse and neglect: a systematic review.
OBJECTIVE to perform a systematic review of studies measuring the prevalence of elder abuse or neglect, either reported by older people themselves, or family and professional caregivers or investigated using objective measures. METHODS we conducted a comprehensive literature search of multiple databases up to October 2006, supplemented by a search of the references of all relevant articles. V...
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عنوان ژورنال: Age and Ageing
سال: 2008
ISSN: 1468-2834,0002-0729
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afm194