The social representations of employees of a long-stay institution in the interior of Minas Gerais regarding violence

Brazil is going through a fast and intense process of population aging. It is estimated that 1% of elderly Brazilians are institutionalized. Despite investigative advances within the field of geriatrics and gerontology over the last decade, studies on long-stay institutions in this country are at an...

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Main Authors: Alcione Tavora Kullok, Ivana de Cássia Baptista dos Santos
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Faculdade de Medicina de Botucatu (Unesp) 2010-01-01
Series:Interface: Comunicação, Saúde, Educação
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Online Access:http://socialsciences.scielo.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1414-32832010000100022&lng=en&tlng=en