| Description |
1 online resource (190 pages) |
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data file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Contexts to safeguarding older people from abuse -- The need for theory, critical thinking and practice -- The abuse of older people -- Adult protection, safeguarding and personalisation -- Public policy implementation in street-level bureaucracies -- A case study of street-level policy implementation to protect older people from abuse -- Discretion and dissonance in adult protection work -- Cultures and contexts of complicity -- Ethics, policy and practice -- Safeguarding older people from abuse : ethical futures. |
| Summary |
This critical and challenging book makes a strong case for the development of ethically-driven, research-informed policy and practice to safeguard older people from abuse. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Older people -- Abuse of -- Great Britain -- Prevention.
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Older people -- Abuse of. |
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Great Britain. |
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Older people -- Abuse of -- Prevention -- Government policy -- Great Britain.
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Older people -- Abuse of -- Prevention. |
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Government policy. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Ash, Angie. Safeguarding older people from abuse. Bristol : Policy Press, 2014 9781447305668 (OCoLC)859583997 |
| ISBN |
9781447305682 (electronic book) |
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144730568X (electronic book) |
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9781447311683 (electronic book) |
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144731168X (electronic book) |
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9781447305668 (hardcover) |
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1447305663 (hardcover) |
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