Letter. We have carefully read the article by Lavan AH et al. about a consensus validation of a Screening Tool of Older Persons Prescription in Frail adults with limited life expectancy. We do feel that the authors have not addressed adequately a relevant issue regarding the core matter of the study, as they do not use any of the several classical definitions of frailty used in the medical literature...To read the full article, log in using your SSSFT NHS OpenAthens details.