Frailty Frontline: How to identify frailty, and what to do next

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Dec 18, 202500:31:06Science & Medicine

In this episode of GEMCast, host Dr. Christina Shenvi is joined by Dr. James Van Oppen, emergency physician and frailty expert at the University of Sheffield, to discuss the rising importance of frailty in emergency medi...

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