title: Frailty as a terminal illness.
authors.affiliation: Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA.
authors.forename: V S
authors.initials: VS
authors.lastname: Periyakoil
mesh_terms: D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000544:Alzheimer Disease / Q000175:diagnosis; D002908:Chronic Disease / Q000453:epidemiology; D003704:Dementia / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology; D005183:Failure to Thrive; D016330:Frail Elderly; D015577:Geriatric Assessment; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology; D006738:Hospices / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology; D019452:Terminally Ill; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology