Editors:
- Comprehensively covers nine regions of the world in one volume
- Discusses governmental policies; citizen responses; societal attitudes; and legal, medical and other support networks related to abuse of the elderly
- Includes contributions from scholars with social science, legal, medical, and behavioural science backgrounds
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Table of contents (34 chapters)
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America
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Europe
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About this book
Editors and Affiliations
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Maitreyi College, University of Delhi, New Delhi, India
Mala Kapur Shankardass
About the editor
Dr. Mala Kapur Shankardass, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor at Maitreyi College, University of Delhi (South Campus), New Delhi. A trained sociologist, health social scientist and gerontologist she consults with United Nations agencies and other international and national organizations in India and abroad on ageing, gender, health, and development issues. She holds the International Network for Prevention of Elder Abuse (INPEA) Chair for Asia and is on the editorial boards of the Journal of Adult Protection and the Polish Social Gerontology Journal. She is a member of the governing body of the Alzheimer’s and Related Disorders Society of India, Delhi Chapter and a Resource Person with a number of government and non-government organizations and institutions in India; a member of the advisory board for Gerontology, published by Cambridge Scholarly Publishing, United Kingdom; and a member of the National Advisory Board of the Journal of Indian Academy of Geriatrics. She was oneof the experts involved in the formulation of the National Policy for Older Persons in India in 1998–99 and was nominated as a member of the State Council for Older Persons constituted by the Delhi State Government in 2010–2011. She is has been a member of the Core Group on Protection and Welfare of the Elderly Persons, founded by the National Human Rights Commission, since 2010.
Dr Shankardass has published numerous articles in respected journals, magazines, newspapers and books in India and abroad. Her books include Growing Old in India: Voices Reveal and Statistics Speak (2004); and Abuse and Neglect of the Elderly in India (co-edited, Springer). She takes part in media discussions on socially relevant topics for prime television and radio channels, and is a life member of the Indian Sociological Society, Indian Association of Gerontology, and Indian Association of Social Science and Health.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: International Handbook of Elder Abuse and Mistreatment
Editors: Mala Kapur Shankardass
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-8610-7
Publisher: Springer Singapore
eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2020
Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-13-8609-1Published: 26 August 2019
Softcover ISBN: 978-981-13-8612-1Published: 26 August 2020
eBook ISBN: 978-981-13-8610-7Published: 09 August 2019
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIII, 649
Number of Illustrations: 18 b/w illustrations, 21 illustrations in colour
Topics: Aging, Geriatrics/Gerontology, Clinical Psychology