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Preferred term

Elder Abuse  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Abuse, Aged
  • Abuse, Elderly
  • Abuse, Senior
  • Aged Abuse
  • Elderly Abuse
  • Elderly Abuses
  • Senior Abuse
  • Senior Abuses

Scope note

  • Emotional, nutritional, financial, or physical maltreatment, exploitation, or abandonment of the older person generally by family members or by institutional personnel.

History note

  • 84

In other languages

  • vanhusten hyväksikäyttö

    Finnish

  • vanhukseen kohdistuva väkivalta
  • vanhuksen hyväksikäyttö
  • vanhuksen kaltoinkohtelu
  • vanhuksiin kohdistuva väkivalta
  • vanhusten kaltoinkohtelu
  • Äldremisshandel

    Swedish

  • Övergrepp mot äldre

URI

http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D004552

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