Maltreatment of Patients in Nursing Homes: There Is No Safe Place.

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Harris, Diana K. & Michael L. Benson. Maltreatment of Patients in Nursing Homes: There is No Safe Place. Binghamton, New York: The Haworth Press, Inc.: 2005; www.HaworthPress.com.

This book surveys employees, administrators, and family members of patients in forty-seven nursing homes throughout the United States. Their responses provide insights on a wide range of topics, including the social and psychological factors that cause different types of abuse, characteristics of nursing home patients and employees, the bureaucracy of nursing homes, victimization rates, workforce issues of nursing home aides, and federal regulations for nursing homes. The information gained from the surveys forms the basis for...

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