Description: EARLY RECOGNITION OF ELDER ABUSE & EARLY RECOGNITION OF CHILD ABUSE enable health care professionals, lawyers, teachers, adult care workers, social workers & law enforcement officers to recognize & intervene in cases of abuse of the elderly & children. The booklets discuss forms of abuse, characteristics of abuse victims, signs & symptoms of abuse & intervention strategies. They will aid mandated reporters--those required by law to report instances of known or suspected abuse--to meet their moral & legal obligations as professionals. The booklets have been prepared under the editorial direction of Andrew D. Weinberg, M.D., Fellow of the American College of Physicians, member of the faculty of Harvard Medical School & deputy associate chief of staff for geriatrics & extended care, Boston/West Roxbury (Mass.) Veterans Affairs Medical Center. They are 5" X 8", pocket-sized for easy carrying, wire-bound & printed on 80-pound coated stock for durability. Order from American Medical Publishing Co., P.O. Box 604885, Bayside, NY 11360-4885; 800-263-3782.

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