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Report finds abuse in US nursing homes goes unreported and unpunished.
- Source :
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Lancet . 3/9/2002, Vol. 359 Issue 9309, p860. 3/5p. 1 Color Photograph. - Publication Year :
- 2002
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Abstract
- Focuses on a study by the U.S. Government Accounting Office, indicating that physical and sexual abuse of nursing home residents by the staff often goes unreported and unpunished. Details of the investigation that reviewed state and federal regulations in Illinois, Georgia,and Pennsylvania; Reasons that abuse is not reported and prosecuted.
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 01406736
- Volume :
- 359
- Issue :
- 9309
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Lancet
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 6307315
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(02)07984-9