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UNINA9910792047203321 |
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Titolo |
International perspectives on elder abuse / / edited by Amanda Phelan |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2013 |
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ISBN |
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1-136-69920-1 |
0-203-38705-8 |
1-299-31974-2 |
1-136-69913-9 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (251 p.) |
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Collana |
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Routledge advances in health and social policy |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Abused older people |
Older people - Abuse of |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Introduction -- Foucault : the flexible critique of welfare -- Goffman : interaction and identity negotiations -- Bourdieu : field, symbolic violence and domination -- Luhmann : welfare in communicative systems -- Neo-institutional theory : myths and legitimacy -- Risk theory : normality, deviation and neo-liberalism -- Transcending the approaches. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Elder abuse has been increasingly recognised over the past ten years in many countries and progress has been made in both understanding and addressing the issue. This volume provides a much-needed international overview of the topic.Opening with an examination of what elder abuse is, Amanda Phelan sets it in a theoretical context and looks at assessment and approaches to the issue in residential and community care environments. The book then presents a range of country studies, which provide an overview of the context of elder abuse in the country and a discussion of related policy, |
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