The geriatric management of frailty as paradigm of the end of the disease era

European Journal of Internal Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue , 2016, Pages 11-14

  Cesari, Matteo ^a,b   Marzetti, Emanuele ^c   Thiem, Ulrich ^d   Pérez Zepeda, Mario Ulises ^e   Abellan Van Kan, Gabor ^a   Landi, Francesco ^c   Petrovic, Mirko ^f   Cherubini, Antonio ^g   Bernabei, Roberto ^c  

^a TOULOUSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PAUL SABATIER   (France)

^c CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^d RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^e INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE GERIATRÍA   (Mexico)

^f GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^g INRCA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aging; Comprehensive geriatric assessment; Frailty; Geriatrics; Multi morbidity

Indexed keywords

AGING; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; GERIATRIC CARE; GERIATRICIAN; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; QUALITY OF LIFE; AGED; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; GERIATRICS; INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

AGED; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMORBIDITY; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE, INTEGRATED; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; GERIATRICS; HUMANS;

EID: 84961227015     PISSN: 09536205     EISSN: 18790828     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejim.2016.03.005     Document Type: Article

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