Violence against elderly women: state of the art

This article brings a “state of the art” research whose theme is violence against elderly women and aims to elaborate on which aspects official documents and scientific publications worldwide, alongside Brazilian theses and dissertations, have been reflecting to the topic. Violence against the elder...

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Autores: Manso, Maria Elisa Gonzalez, Lopes, Ruth Gelehrter da Costa
Formato: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2020
País:Brasil
Recursos:Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo (PUC-SP)
Repositorio:Revista Kairós (Online)
Idioma:portugués
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/51979
Acesso em linha:https://revistas.pucsp.br/index.php/kairos/article/view/51979
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palavra-chave:Elder abuse
Gender Based Violence
Aged.
Maltrato al Anciano
Violencia de Género
Anciano.
Maus-tratos ao idoso
Violência de Gênero
Idoso.
Descrição
Resumo:This article brings a “state of the art” research whose theme is violence against elderly women and aims to elaborate on which aspects official documents and scientific publications worldwide, alongside Brazilian theses and dissertations, have been reflecting to the topic. Violence against the elderly has social characteristics that lead to elderly women being its biggest victims. Ingrained in our culture, representations related to gender impose on these women conditions of life that impact their aging.