title: Putting an end to elder abuse.
abstract: Health professions, currently concerned with uncovering and preventing child abuse, must not ignore a similar problem occurring at the other end of the spectrum of life. Elderly Americans are maltreated, too. But little is being done to help them.
authors.forename: A A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Axelband
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D004552:Elder Abuse / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006801:Humans