Abstract:A reflection on gender in elder abuse research from a human rights perspectiveBrazil is among the world's leading countries in promoting an international human rights agenda for older people. From Brazil's perspective, as presented in a statement issued by the Permanent Mission of Brazil to the United Nations, 2014, older people are not an inherently vulnerable group but are subject to vulnerabilities due to situations of abuse and violence, and harmful stereotypes based on a negative social construction of ol… Show more
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