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Health Care Facilities, Manpower, and Services > Health Personnel > Caregivers
Persons > Occupational Groups > Health Personnel > Caregivers

Preferred term

Caregivers  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Care Giver
  • Care Givers
  • Carer
  • Carers

Note

  • general or unspecified; prefer specific caregiver as NURSES; PHYSICIANS; etc.; coordinate with specific field if pertinent: "the teacher as caregiver" = CAREGIVERS + TEACHING

Scope note

  • Persons who provide care to those who need supervision or assistance in illness or disability. They may provide the care in the home, in a hospital, or in an institution. Although caregivers include trained medical, nursing, and other health personnel, the concept also refers to parents, spouses, or other family members, friends, members of the clergy, teachers, social workers, fellow patients.

History note

  • 92

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URI

http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D017028

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