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Social Perspectives on Elder Abuse
Elder abuse has had something of a chequered history in the United Kingdom. The abuse of older people is not a new phenomenon; indeed, researchers have outlined documentary evidence in the US of the existence ...
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Conclusion: Similarities, Differences and Synthesis
This chapter has a number of different but related aims. It is necessary to provide some synthesis of the book as a whole and to present some of the crucial issues for the reader. As a precursor to this, it wo...
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Introduction Family Violence: Framing the Issues
Over the past twenty-five years increasing numbers of health and social care professionals have been faced with victims of family violence and abuse, victims from all ages across the life-course. Abuse is susp...