title: Physical abuse of the elderly.
abstract: Physical abuse of the elderly is a frequent occurrence within the older population. For many reasons, including lack of recognition for the entity in the medical literature, physical abuse of the elderly is difficult to recognize. The injuries of physical abuse may be nondescript, but patterned injuries, injuries in unusual anatomic locations and injuries in various stages of healing should alert the practicing physician to the possibility of physical abuse of the elderly.
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D004552:Elder Abuse / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology; D014945:Wound Healing; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology