The assessment of frailty in older people in acute care

Australasian Journal on Ageing

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 170-

  Smith, Jessica L ^a   Lindley, Richard I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; NOTE;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS;

EID: 70450237756     PISSN: 14406381     EISSN: 17416612     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-6612.2009.00405.x     Document Type: Note

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