Elder Abuse: Differential Diagnoses & Workup

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Further Reading

Clinical guidelines

Elder abuse prevention. Daly JM. Elder abuse prevention. Iowa City (IA): University of Iowa Gerontological Nursing Interventions Research Center, Research Dissemination Core; 2004 Dec. 68 p

Keywords

elder mistreatment, elder abuse, elderly abuse, domestic violence, abusive relationship, elder neglect, self-neglect in elderly persons, elder abuse prevention

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Monique I Sellas, MD, Staff Physician, Department of Emergency Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital; Clinical Instructor, Harvard Medical School
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