In Search of an integral conceptual definition of frailty: Opinions of experts

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 338-343

  Gobbens, Robbert J J ^a,b   Luijkx Katrien G , K G ^a   Wijnen Sponselee, Maria Th ^c   Schols, Jos M G A ^a,d  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b ROTTERDAM UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

^c AVANS UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

^d MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Definition; Expert meetings; Frailty; Older people

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONCEPT ANALYSIS; FRAIL ELDERLY; MEDICAL EXPERT; MEDICAL LITERATURE; QUESTIONNAIRE;

EID: 77953334400     PISSN: 15258610     EISSN: 15389375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2009.09.015     Document Type: Article

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