What does frailty mean to older, racialised minority migrants living in the UK? A qualitative exploration of meaning and interpretation.
Rational and objective The perception of frailty among older, racialised minority migrants living in the UK has not yet been explored. Set against a backdrop of enduring health inequality in older age, whereby ethnicity is a constant corelative factor, and the increasing use of frailty scores and me...
| Publicado en: | Age & Ageing Vol. 55; no. 6; pp. 1 - 11 |
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