Family physicians need easy instruments for frailty

Age and Ageing

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 484-

  De lepeleire, Jan ^a   Degryse, Jan ^b   Illiffe, Steve ^c   Mann, Eva ^d   Buntinx, Frank ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BEDFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMORBIDITY; CONSULTATION; DEMOGRAPHY; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FRAIL ELDERLY; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GERIATRIC CARE; GERIATRIC DEPRESSION SCALE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; LETTER; LIFESTYLE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SKILL; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; FAMILY PRACTICE; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS;

EID: 47049092978     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: 14682834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afn115     Document Type: Letter

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