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Gender Issues in Elder Abuse by Lynda Aitken & Gabriele Griffin
This volume analyzes the ways in which gender is central to the occurrence, detection and prevention of elder abuse. It discusses why most of the very elderly victims are women and the reasons for women abusing women both in domestic and in institutional settings.The ways in which gender is central to the occurrence, detection and prevention of elder abuse are analyzed in this volume. Drawing on their own research, the authors identify the gendered nature of elder abuse in the following areas: most of the very elderly victims are women; in both domestic and institutional settings, women abuse women; a significant number of older women are abused by their sons; a significant number of older men are abused by their female partners and daughters; and abuse by nonrelatives and noncarers of both sexes occurs. Gender Issues in Elder Abuse considers why much of the research on elder abuse has failed to engage with these facts. The authors call for a reframing of the issue of elder abuse, specifically in professional guidelines for dealing with abuse, which they insist, should include gender awareness. They argue for elder abuse to be considered as a human rights issue rather than a private problem. |
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| Author(s) : Gabriele Griffin | Format : Paperback Book |
| ISBN-10 : 0803975236 | ISBN-13 : 9780803975231 |
| RRP : £20.99 | Best available price : £ / $ |
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Product Details:
Country Publication : United States
Publication Date : 17/10/1996
Publisher : SAGE Publications Ltd
Page Length : 192mm
Page Size : 216mm