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Future Directions in Public Policy Relating to Elder Abuse

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As the earlier chapters of this book make abundantly clear, as the planet’s population ages “[e]lder abuse is a universal phenomenon” [49]. It is present in both developed and developing [69] countries [61, 62].

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The author thanks Margaret Clark, MLS, Assistant Director for International Research at Florida State University College of Law Research Center, for her very valuable research assistance in this project.

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Kapp, M.B. (2017). Future Directions in Public Policy Relating to Elder Abuse. In: Dong, X. (eds) Elder Abuse. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-47504-2_35

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