Tackling elder abuse: State intervention under Singapore's Vulnerable Adults Act
Abuse and neglect of adults raise complex issues on the freedom of the individual to choose for themselves versus the powers of the State to intervene. The law has traditionally limited the scope of compulsory intervention to extreme situations only which can frustrate social workers who deal with s...
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Main Author: | CHAN, Wing Cheong |
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Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University
2019
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Online Access: | https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sol_research/2937 https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/sol_research/article/4895/viewcontent/CALE_Discussion_PaperNo17.pdf |
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