虐待老年人背后隐藏的健康威胁。医生可以帮助患者克服亲密伴侣暴力问题。

The hidden health menace of elder abuse. Physicians can help patients surmount intimate partner violence.

作者信息

Fisher Joslyn Weiner, Dyer Carmel Bitondo

出版信息

Postgrad Med. 2003 Apr;113(4):21-4, 30. doi: 10.3810/pgm.2003.04.1403.

DOI:10.3810/pgm.2003.04.1403

Abstract

As many as 2 million elderly persons in the United States experience physical, psychologic, or sexual abuse each year. Nationally spouses or intimate partners commit between 13% and 50% of elder abuse.1 Physicians can be instrumental in preventing and intervening in intimate partner violence in their elderly patients.

摘要

在美国，每年多达200万老年人遭受身体、心理或性虐待。在全国范围内，配偶或亲密伴侣实施的虐待行为占老年人虐待事件的13%至50%。1医生在预防和干预老年患者的亲密伴侣暴力方面可以发挥重要作用。