title: Opinion: learned helplessness in the elderly: stop fostering frailty.
authors.forename: Fredrick T
authors.initials: FT
authors.lastname: Sherman
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000375:Aging; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D002755:Choice Behavior; D016330:Frail Elderly; D005853:Geriatrics / Q000379:methods; D006380:Helplessness, Learned; D006707:Homes for the Aged; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations