Citation

Hoepfer M. Pa. Med. 1995; 98(11): 24-26.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1995, Pennsylvania Medical Society)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

7501412

Abstract

The Pennsylvania Department of Aging reports that as many as one in 20 older adults may be victims of abuse. In this article, John M. Prendergast, MD, MPH, medical director of the Center for Aging at Mercy Hospital, Pittsburgh, discusses what he considers to be the most prevalent form of abuse--passive neglect. He considers it a problem about which all physicians should be better educated.

Language: en