Patient abuse or patient neglect is any action or failure to act which causes unreasonable suffering, misery or harm to the patient.[1] Elder abuse is classified as patient abuse of those older than 60 and forms a large proportion of patient abuse.[2]
Abuse includes physically striking or sexually assaulting a patient. It also includes the intentional withholding of necessary food, physical care, and medical attention.
Neglect includes the failure to properly attend to the needs and care of a patient, or the unintentional causing of injury to a patient, whether by act or omission.[3]
Patient abuse and neglect may occur in settings such as hospitals,[4] nursing homes,[5] clinics[6] and during home-based care.[7] Health professionals who abuse patients may be deemed unfit to practice and have their medical license removed[8]: 20 as well as facing criminal charges as well as civil cases.
Abuse amongst the general adult population has not been well-addressed in literature.[2]: 8
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^Krell, Alexis (9 October 2017). "Doctor charged with sex crimes at Bremerton clinic is at center of women's lawsuit". The News Tribune. Retrieved 25 October 2017.
^Gorman, Anna (6 January 2015). "When Home Caregivers Kill the Elderly With Neglect". The Atlantic. Retrieved 25 October 2017.
^The GMC's fitness to practise procedures(PDF). General Medical Council.
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