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Author:  Robert A.  Mead.


Source: Volume 09, Number 02, July/August 2006 , pp.21-22(2)




Victimization of the Elderly and Disabled

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Abstract: 

This research review summarizes the major findings of two articles, the first, “Medical Implications of Elder Abuse and Neglect”, by XinQi Dong, 21 Clinics in Geriatric Medicine: Elder Abuse and Neglect 293 (May 2005); one of the lead articles in an outstanding issue of Clinics in Geriatric Medicine devoted entirely to issues regarding elder abuse and neglect. The other article treated is “Self-Neglect: A Proposed New NANDA Diagnosis”, by Susanne Gibbons, William Lauder, and Ruth Ludwick, 17 Internat’l J. of Nursing Terminologies and Classifications 10 (Jan. 2006).

Keywords: issue of Clinics in Geriatric Medicine devoted entirely to issues regarding elder abuse and neglect; NANDA International; North American Nursing Diagnosis Association)

Affiliations:  1: University of Kansas.

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