title: A national survey of dentists' awareness of elder abuse and neglect.
abstract: This paper reports the results of a national survey of 1,321 general practitioners regarding their level of awareness of and experiences with the treatment of older victims of abuse and neglect. Greater than 90% were aware of elder abuse and neglect as a social and medical problem. Greater than 10% had personal knowledge or had treated a victim of abuse or neglect. Data suggest that dentists will increasingly come in contact with victims and must be trained to recognize, treat, and report such incidents.
authors.affiliation: UMDNJ Dental School, Newark 07103.
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Holtzman
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Bomberg
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D016321:Dental Care for Aged; D003815:Dentists; D004552:Elder Abuse / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005190:Family; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014481:United States