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Forensic Characteristics of Physical Elder Abuse and Current Status and Issues of Collaboration between Forensic Medicine Departments and Related Institutions in Japan
This study sought to clarify the characteristics and trends of physical elder abuse and the status of collaboration between forensic medicine departments and related institutions in Japan. Questionnaires were sent to 82 forensic medicine departments and 2857 institutions randomly selected from hospi...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9692923/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36430103 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192215382 |
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author | Toya, Maiko Minegishi, Saki Utsuno, Hajime Ohta, Jun Namiki, Shuuji Unuma, Kana Uemura, Koichi Sakurada, Koichi |
author_facet | Toya, Maiko Minegishi, Saki Utsuno, Hajime Ohta, Jun Namiki, Shuuji Unuma, Kana Uemura, Koichi Sakurada, Koichi |
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description | This study sought to clarify the characteristics and trends of physical elder abuse and the status of collaboration between forensic medicine departments and related institutions in Japan. Questionnaires were sent to 82 forensic medicine departments and 2857 institutions randomly selected from hospitals, municipalities and public community general support centers. The survey period was February to June 2021, including an extension period for collection. Responses from 675 facilities were analyzed. The most common finding in cases of physical elder abuse at forensic medicine departments was subcutaneous hemorrhage on the head (85.7%), with mixed old and new injuries most commonly observed in the lower limbs (70%). There were few cases in which there was collaboration between forensic medicine departments and other institutions. Among the issues identified, there is a need to provide related institutions with information obtained in forensic medicine departments. A new collaboration system is needed to achieve this. |
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spelling | pubmed-96929232022-11-26 Forensic Characteristics of Physical Elder Abuse and Current Status and Issues of Collaboration between Forensic Medicine Departments and Related Institutions in Japan Toya, Maiko Minegishi, Saki Utsuno, Hajime Ohta, Jun Namiki, Shuuji Unuma, Kana Uemura, Koichi Sakurada, Koichi Int J Environ Res Public Health Article This study sought to clarify the characteristics and trends of physical elder abuse and the status of collaboration between forensic medicine departments and related institutions in Japan. Questionnaires were sent to 82 forensic medicine departments and 2857 institutions randomly selected from hospitals, municipalities and public community general support centers. The survey period was February to June 2021, including an extension period for collection. Responses from 675 facilities were analyzed. The most common finding in cases of physical elder abuse at forensic medicine departments was subcutaneous hemorrhage on the head (85.7%), with mixed old and new injuries most commonly observed in the lower limbs (70%). There were few cases in which there was collaboration between forensic medicine departments and other institutions. Among the issues identified, there is a need to provide related institutions with information obtained in forensic medicine departments. A new collaboration system is needed to achieve this. MDPI 2022-11-21 /pmc/articles/PMC9692923/ /pubmed/36430103 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192215382 Text en © 2022 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Toya, Maiko Minegishi, Saki Utsuno, Hajime Ohta, Jun Namiki, Shuuji Unuma, Kana Uemura, Koichi Sakurada, Koichi Forensic Characteristics of Physical Elder Abuse and Current Status and Issues of Collaboration between Forensic Medicine Departments and Related Institutions in Japan |
title | Forensic Characteristics of Physical Elder Abuse and Current Status and Issues of Collaboration between Forensic Medicine Departments and Related Institutions in Japan |
title_full | Forensic Characteristics of Physical Elder Abuse and Current Status and Issues of Collaboration between Forensic Medicine Departments and Related Institutions in Japan |
title_fullStr | Forensic Characteristics of Physical Elder Abuse and Current Status and Issues of Collaboration between Forensic Medicine Departments and Related Institutions in Japan |
title_full_unstemmed | Forensic Characteristics of Physical Elder Abuse and Current Status and Issues of Collaboration between Forensic Medicine Departments and Related Institutions in Japan |
title_short | Forensic Characteristics of Physical Elder Abuse and Current Status and Issues of Collaboration between Forensic Medicine Departments and Related Institutions in Japan |
title_sort | forensic characteristics of physical elder abuse and current status and issues of collaboration between forensic medicine departments and related institutions in japan |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9692923/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36430103 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192215382 |
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