Screening for frailty: A benefit for both patients and physicians;Dépister la fragilité: Un bénéfice pour le patient et pour le soignant

Revue Medicale de Liege

Volumn 69, Issue 5-6, 2014, Pages 239-243

  Ricour, C ^a,b   De Saint Hubert, M ^b   Gillain, S ^b   Allepaerts, S ^b   Petermans, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b Service de Geriatrie   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Elderly; Frailty; Geriatric evaluation; Screening

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONSULTATION; EUROPEAN UNION; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; PATIENTS; PHYSICIANS;

EID: 84903775960     PISSN: 0370629X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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