Through the looking glass and what frailty found there: Looking for resilience in older adults

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 602-603

  Alfieri, Walter De ^a   Borgogni, Tiziano ^a  

^a Geriatric Unit   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; COPING BEHAVIOR; DECISION MAKING; DISEASE SEVERITY; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERIATRICS; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; LETTER; LIFE EXPECTANCY; QUALITY OF LIFE; STRESS;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; CRITICAL CARE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HUMANS; RESILIENCE, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 77949392140     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2010.02754.x     Document Type: Letter

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3. Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia. Resilience [on-line]. Available at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resilience-(psychology) Accessed January 31, 2010.