Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques, and Equipment

Aftercare

The care and treatment of a convalescent patient, especially that of a patient after surgery.

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Structured Summary

Abstract

The care and treatment of a convalescent patient, especially that of a patient after surgery.

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Synonyms

14 entry terms
  • After Care
  • After-Treatment
  • After Treatment
  • After-Treatments
  • Follow-Up Care
  • Postabortal Programs
  • Postabortion
  • Care, Follow-Up
  • Cares, Follow-Up
  • Follow Up Care
  • Follow-Up Cares
  • Postabortal Program
  • Program, Postabortal
  • Programs, Postabortal

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Indexed with the subheadings classification, economics, ethics, history, legislation & jurisprudence, methods, organization & administration, psychology, standards, statistics & numerical data, trends.

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Indexing Annotation

medical, nursing, psychiatric care after discharge from a hospital or other health facility; differentiate from REHABILITATION which is for getting a person back to pre-illness work or other activity

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History Note

94; was AFTER CARE 1968-93

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Previous Indexing

  • Progressive Patient Care (1966-1967)

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Tree Numbers

  1. E02w.760w.169.063w
  2. N02.421.585w.169.063w
  3. N04w.590.233.727w.210.063w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Aftercare. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D000359. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D000359
  2. Aftercare. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aftercare
  3. Aftercare. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4690707