Gerontology & Geriatric Research

Andrzej Brodziak

Publications

• Short Communication
  Assessment of Gullibility of Older Patients is Important for their Safety and Health
  Author(s): Andrzej Brodziak, Renata Zlotkowska and Alicja Różyk-MyrtaAndrzej Brodziak, Renata Zlotkowska and Alicja Różyk-Myrta
  
  The authors consider the state of contemporary knowledge related to notion of gullibility and methods of its assessment. They emphasize that there is almost no publication on this subject in medical literature. Increased gullibility makes a person vulnerable to manipulations. The gullible people are often victims of scam. Elderly people are particularly vulnerable to scam and fraud. Thus, the frequency and intensity of gullibility and the ways to its assessment are in particular important in the field of geriatric care. The authors quote some selected items of the proposed self-report measure of gullibility, elaborated recently for evaluations in general population. They argue also that the assessment of the prevalence of gullibility is important for the state of public mental health, because widespread gullibility facilitate manipulations of members of a community.. View More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2167-7182.1000462

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