title: A literature review: assessment and intervention in elder abuse.
abstract: 1. Abuse of the elderly occurs slightly less than child abuse. 2. Despite rising concerns about elder abuse, there are no uniform, comprehensive definitions of the term elder abuse. 3. Identification of abuse is easy only in cases in which outright battering is visible.
authors.forename: A C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: All
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D017028:Caregivers / Q000523:psychology; D004552:Elder Abuse / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D009733:Nursing Diagnosis