Frailty: Different tools for different purposes?

Age and Ageing

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 129-131

  Martin, Finbarr C ^a   Brighton, Philip ^a  

^a GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; EDITORIAL; FRACTURE; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERIATRIC CARE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; GERONTOLOGY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITALIZATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WORKSHOP;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; MALE; PHYSICAL FITNESS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE;

EID: 41249101169     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: 14682834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afn011     Document Type: Editorial

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