International perspectives on elder abuse / / edited by Amanda Phelan

• Pubblicazione: Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2013
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (251 p.)
• Disciplina: 362.6/82
• Soggetto topico: Abused elderly; Older people - Abuse of
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: PhelanAmanda
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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,
• Titolo autorizzato: International perspectives on elder abuse
• ISBN: 0-203-38705-8; 1-299-31974-2; 1-136-69913-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910465119303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Routledge advances in health and social policy.