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Author:   Jordan I. Kosberg
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Inc
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.550kg
ISBN:  

9780789035417

ISBN 10:   0789035413
Pages:   212
Publication Date:   25 March 2008
Audience:   College/higher education ,  General/trade ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Introduction (Jordan I. Kosberg) Intimate Partner Abuse of Older Men: Considerations for the Assessment of Risk (Kim A. Reeves, Sarah L. Desmarais, Tonia L. Nicholls, and Kevin S. Douglas) From Behind the Shadows: A Profile of the Sexual Abuse of Older Men Residing in Nursing Homes (Pamela B. Teaster, Holly Ramsey-Klawsnik, Marta S. Mendiondo, Erin Abner, Kara Cecil, and Mary Tooms) Detection and Prevalence of Abuse of Older Males: Perspectives from Family Practice (Mark J. Yaffe, Deborah Weiss, Christina Wolfson, and Maxine Lithwick) Osteoporosis: An Invisible, Undertreated, and Neglected Disease of Elderly Men (Marilyn L. Haas and Katen Moore) Fractured Relationships and the Potential for Abuse of Older Men (Dorothy C. Stratton and Alinde J. Moore) Notes on Newspaper Accounts of Male Elder Abuse (R. L. McNeely and Philip W. Cook) Identifying and Working with Older Male Victims of Abuse in England (Jacki Pritchard) Gendered Policies and Practices that Increase Older Men’s Risk of Elder Mistreatment (Edward H. Thompson, Jr., William Buxton, P. Casey Gough, and Cara Wahle) Invention with Abused Older Males: Conceptual and Clinical Perspectives (Leonard W. Kaye, Diana Kay, and Jennifer A. Crittenden) Abuse of Elderly Male Client: Efforts and Experiences in Rural and Urban Adult Protective Services (Robert Blundo and Joseph Bullington) Index Reference Notes Included

Reviews

"""The book, which also has been co-published as a special edition of the Journal of Elder Abuse and Neglect, clearly highlights that men are subject to elder abuse just like women, but it also clearly acknowledges that older abused men may need different health and social interventions."" - International Journal of Ageing and Later Life, 2012"

""The book, which also has been co-published as a special edition of the Journal of Elder Abuse and Neglect, clearly highlights that men are subject to elder abuse just like women, but it also clearly acknowledges that older abused men may need different health and social interventions."" - International Journal of Ageing and Later Life, 2012

The book, which also has been co-published as a special edition of the Journal of Elder Abuse and Neglect, clearly highlights that men are subject to elder abuse just like women, but it also clearly acknowledges that older abused men may need different health and social interventions. - International Journal of Ageing and Later Life, 2012

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Kosberg, Jordan I.

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