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Previous Volume 344:2033 June 28, 2001 Number 26

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By Brian K. Payne. 229 pp. Springfield, Ill., Charles C Thomas, 2000. $46.95 (cloth); $33.95 (paper). ISBN 0-398-07056-3 (cloth); 0-398-07057-1 (paper).

Abuse of any kind is abhorrent, and abuse of elderly persons is one of the more shameful forms. Dr. Payne's slim book (188 pages of text) highlights this enormous problem.

Payne briefly discusses a broad range of abuse, including physical and emotional harm and financial exploitation, at the hands of family members, businesses, criminals, and health care institutions and their staff members. Adult children and grandchildren are frequently the perpetrators of abuse, sometimes seeking an older relative's money or other resources, sometimes overwhelmed by the burden of caring for an older relative, and sometimes acting out of frustration (with understandable . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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