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Volume 6, Issue 4
1 December 2004
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Review Article| December 01 2004

The role of the doctor in the institutional abuse of older people: a psychodynamic perspective Available to Purchase

Jane Garner
Jane Garner
Association for Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy in the NHS
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Publisher: Emerald Publishing
Online ISSN: 2042-8669
Print ISSN: 1466-8203
© Emerald Group Publishing Limited
2004
The Journal of Adult Protection (2004) 6 (4): 16–21.
https://doi.org/10.1108/14668203200400023

This paper considers the doctor's role in unravelling the causes of abuse of older people. The author argues that doctors have a responsibility to understand and address the ageism, ignorance and unthinking which lies is at the root of most institutional abuse.

Keywords:
Role of doctor, Institutional abuse, Older people, Psychodynamic perspectives, Ageism
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