Elder Abuse

"Elder Abuse" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

MeSH information

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Emotional, nutritional, financial, or physical maltreatment, exploitation, or abandonment of the older person generally by family members or by institutional personnel.

Descriptor ID	D004552
MeSH Number(s)	I01.198.240.856.350.390 I01.880.735.900.350.390
Concept/Terms	Elder Abuse Elder Abuse Abuse, Elder Elder Neglect Neglect, Elder Aged Abuse Abuse, Aged

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Elder Abuse".

Anthropology, Education, Sociology and Social Phenomena [I]
Social Sciences [I01]
Criminology [I01.198]
Crime [I01.198.240]
Violence [I01.198.240.856]
Domestic Violence [I01.198.240.856.350]
Elder Abuse [I01.198.240.856.350.390]
Sociology [I01.880]
Social Problems [I01.880.735]
Violence [I01.880.735.900]
Domestic Violence [I01.880.735.900.350]
Elder Abuse [I01.880.735.900.350.390]

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is related to "Elder Abuse".

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Elder Abuse".

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