Elder Abuse in Malaysia: Issues and Challenges

• Main Authors: Asiah, Bidin, Zulkifli, Mohd, Jal Zabdi, Mohd Yusoff
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Language: English
• Published: 2016
• Subjects: K Law (General); RA Public aspects of medicine
• Online Access: http://eprints.unisza.edu.my/662/1/FH03-FUHA-17-09457.pdf; http://eprints.unisza.edu.my/662/
• Institution: Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin

Elder abuse and neglect have been recognized as social and health problems affecting significant numbers of elderly persons in many western countries. In fact in some countries, they have been considered as a crime. Even though the subject of elder abuse has gained prominence in the past two deca...