Elder abuse: we are not doing enough in the ED

Debra Eagles^{1

2}, Eric Revue³, Krishan Yadav^{4

5}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Emergency Medicine, School of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada. deagles@toh.ca.
² Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, The Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, ON, Canada. deagles@toh.ca.
³ Department of Emergency Medicine and Prehospital EMS, SAMU of Paris, Lariboisiere Hospital, University of APHP Nord Cité, Paris, France.
⁴ Department of Emergency Medicine, School of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada.
⁵ Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, The Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, ON, Canada.

Editorial

Debra Eagles et al. CJEM. 2023 Dec.

. 2023 Dec;25(12):925-926.

doi: 10.1007/s43678-023-00617-9.

Debra Eagles^{1

2}, Eric Revue³, Krishan Yadav^{4

5}

¹ Department of Emergency Medicine, School of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada. deagles@toh.ca.
² Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, The Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, ON, Canada. deagles@toh.ca.
³ Department of Emergency Medicine and Prehospital EMS, SAMU of Paris, Lariboisiere Hospital, University of APHP Nord Cité, Paris, France.
⁴ Department of Emergency Medicine, School of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada.
⁵ Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, The Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, ON, Canada.

No abstract available

Keywords: Elder abuse; Screening.

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