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On frailty as a geriatric concept Volume 9, issue 1, Mars 2011

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Équipe de recherche EPS JE 2535, Université de Bretagne Occidentale, Brest, Service de médecine gériatrique, CHU, Hôpital A.-Morvan, Brest

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.