Gériatrie et Psychologie Neuropsychiatrie du Vieillissement
MENUOn frailty as a geriatric concept Volume 9, issue 1, Mars 2011
Authors
Équipe de recherche EPS JE 2535,
Université de Bretagne Occidentale, Brest, Service de médecine gériatrique,
CHU, Hôpital A.-Morvan, Brest
- Key words: frailty, vulnerability, human condition
- DOI : 10.1684/pnv.2011.0255
- Page(s) : 7-10
- Published in: 2011
Frailty as a geriatric concept has been considered as the beginning of a rapid downward spiral towards death. Nevertheless, the French word “fragilité” is different from frailty – and probably an erroneous translation. Furthermore, frailty can be considered as belonging to the human condition as such.