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Frailty
Identifying elderly patients at high risk of poor outcomes
Linda Lee, George Heckman and Frank J. Molnar
Canadian Family Physician March 2015, 61 (3) 227-231;
Linda Lee
Family physician at the Centre for Family Medicine Family Health Team in Kitchener, Ont, and Associate Clinical Professor in the Department of Family Medicine at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ont.
MD MClSc(FM) CCFP FCFPGeorge Heckman
Schlegel Research Chair in Geriatric Medicine and Associate Professor in the Faculty of Applied Health Sciences at the University of Waterloo in Ontario.
MD MSc FRCPCFrank J. Molnar
Medical Director of the Regional Geriatric Program of Eastern Ontario and Assistant Professor in the Department of Medicine at the University of Ottawa in Ontario.
MSc MD CM FRCPC
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Canadian Family Physician
Vol. 61, Issue 3
1 Mar 2015
Frailty
Linda Lee, George Heckman, Frank J. Molnar
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