The perception of health professionals of two definitions of frailty in elderly people;Percepções de profissionais de saúde sobre duas definições de fragilidade no idoso

Ciencia e Saude Coletiva

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1181-1188

  Teixeira, Ilka Nicéia D'Aquino Oliveira ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Concept formation; Consensus; Frail elderly person; Health of the elderly; Health personnel

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; NOMENCLATURE;

AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; FRAIL ELDERLY; HUMANS; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC;

EID: 48849085982     PISSN: 14138123     EISSN: 16784561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1413-81232008000400014     Document Type: Article

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