Elder Abuse: Conflict in the Family

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Karl Pillemer, Rosalie S. Wolf
Bloomsbury Academic, Sep 30, 1986 - Social Science - 356 pages

This volume presents important findings on conflict and abuse in families of the aged. A valuable resource for those in sociology, psychology, gerontology, and social work as well as psychotherapists who work with the aged, the staff of elder abuse programs, adult protective service workers, and legislators. the authors provide a fresh, historically balanced, empirical and theoretical framework for the view that elder abuse and neglect is an extreme manifestation of family conflict.
Lisa P. Gwyther, Journal of Gernontology

This volume presents important findings on conflict and abuse in families of the aged. A valuable resource for those in sociology, psychology, gerontology, and social work as well as psychotherapists who work with the aged, the staff of elder abuse programs, adult protective service workers, and legislators.

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Contents

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The Perspective of the Past 355 688
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The Contemporary Setting
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TitleElder Abuse: Conflict in the Family
EditorsKarl Pillemer, Rosalie S. Wolf
PublisherBloomsbury Academic, 1986
Original fromthe University of Michigan
DigitizedAug 25, 2007
ISBN0865691339, 9780865691339
Length356 pages
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Social Science / Gerontology
  
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