Concept information
Preferred term
Self-Help Groups
Type
-
Topical Descriptor
Broader concept
Narrower concepts
Entry terms
- Groups, Support
- Group, Support
- Support Group
- Support Groups
Scope note
- Organizations which provide an environment encouraging social interactions through group activities or individual relationships especially for the purpose of rehabilitating or supporting patients, individuals with common health problems, or the elderly. They include therapeutic social clubs.
History note
- 79; was SOCIAL CLUBS see under ORGANIZATIONS 1975-78, was SOCIAL CLUBS 1973-74 (Prov)
In other languages
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Finnish
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oma-apuryhmä
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omaehtoinen auttamisryhmä
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omaehtoiset auttamisryhmät
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Swedish
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Stödgrupper
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Terapeutiska samtalsgrupper
URI
http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D012657
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