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dia … A global response to elder abuse and neglect: building primary health care capacity
to dial with the problem worldwide: main report World Health Organization. …

Until very recently, elder abuse was a social problem hidden from public view and mostly
regarded as a private matter. Evidence is accumulating, however, to indicate that elder
abuse, which includes the pervasive issue of neglect, is an important public health and
societal problem that manifests itself in both developing and developed countries. From a
health and social perspective, unless the primary health care and social services sectors are
well equipped to identify and deal with the problem, elder abuse will continue to be …