Diseases AND or IN frailty, an important conceptual difference

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2017-11Authors
Pontificia Universidad Javeriana. Facultad de Medicina. Instituto de EnvejecimientoBorda Borda, Miguel Germán
Patiño Hernandez, Daniela
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Artículo de revista
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0531-5565 / 1873-6815 (Electrónico)
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184-185
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Abstract
Frailty is a clinical state that increases an individual's vulnerability. It is an outcome marker in several medical scenarios. However, there is a lack of recognition in the medical field. Frailty should not be regarded as a condition superimposed to disease. Contrarily, it should be noticed as a state frequently found either as a component of diseases themselves or as their outcome. The work of a geriatrician is focused on the best possible approximation to the medical and psychosocial issues that an elder has, and must join the treatment team when the person has a considerable number of conditions that makes him/her frail. Traditionally medicine has focused mainly on illnesses, but the state of frailty requires a change of mindset, through a multidimensional person centered approach.
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https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0531556517302164Source
Experimental Gerontology; Vol. 98 (2017)
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