The under-reporting of elder abuse and neglect: a Malaysian perspective

Yunus RM 1

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  • 1 Department of Public Health Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Sungai Buloh Campus, Sungai Buloh, Malaysia
J Elder Abuse Negl, 2021 04 27;33(2):145-150.
PMID: 33906576 DOI: 10.1080/08946566.2021.1919271

Abstract

This commentary highlights the issue of under-reporting of elder abuse and neglect (EAN) in the Malaysian context. It attempts to elucidate the findings of the 2018 National Health and Morbidity Survey (NHMS) related to the trend of reporting among EAN victims, and offer some recommendations.

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