New Book Released: Frailty: A Multidisciplinary Approach to Assessment, Management, and Prevention
On behalf of all the contributors, we are excited to announce a new publication in frailty science: Frailty: A Multidisciplinary Approach to Assessment, Management, and Prevention. Led by editors Drs. Jorge G. Ruiz and Olga Theou, this comprehensive work includes 53 chapters covering a wide range of topics on frailty research and care. These range from research topics on the assessment, treatment, and prevention of frailty, practical reviews on the management of frailty in outpatient, hospital, rehabilitation, hospice, and other health care settings, and expert consideration of best practices for frailty care and measurement across various environments.
Several members of our Frailty Science team at Johns Hopkins contributed chapters to this collection, including:
- Chapter 17: “Frailty Measure Development, Selection, and Implications” by Karen Bandeen-Roche
- Chapter 50: “Social Determinants of Physical Frailty” by Brian Buta, Erica Twardzik, Laura Samuel, Thomas Cudjoe, Anthony L. Teano, Jackie Langdon, Roland J. Thorpe, Jeremy Walston, Qian-Li Xue
Our thanks and congratulations to the editors for spearheading this book, which is sure to be an outstanding resource for the field.
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