02807oam 2200637I 450 991046511930332120200520144314.00-203-38705-81-299-31974-21-136-69913-910.4324/9780203387054 (CKB)2560000000100763(EBL)1154323(OCoLC)831117920(SSID)ssj0000856316(PQKBManifestationID)12378259(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000856316(PQKBWorkID)10806699(PQKB)10448463(OCoLC)830663433(MiAaPQ)EBC1154323(Au-PeEL)EBL1154323(CaPaEBR)ebr10676590(CaONFJC)MIL463224(EXLCZ)99256000000010076320180706d2013 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrInternational perspectives on elder abuse /edited by Amanda PhelanAbingdon, Oxon :Routledge,2013.1 online resource (251 p.)Routledge advances in health and social policyDescription based upon print version of record.1-138-82337-6 0-415-69405-1 Includes bibliographical references and index.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.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, Routledge advances in health and social policy.Abused elderlyOlder peopleAbuse ofElectronic books.Abused elderly.Older peopleAbuse of.362.6/82Phelan Amanda920218MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910465119303321International perspectives on elder abuse2064101UNINA