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Abstract
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.
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- Care Givers
- Carers
- Care Giver
- Caregiver
- Carer
- Family Caregivers
- Informal Caregivers
- Spouse Caregivers
- Caregiver, Family
- Caregiver, Informal
- Caregiver, Spouse
- Caregivers, Family
- Caregivers, Informal
- Caregivers, Spouse
- Family Caregiver
- Informal Caregiver
- Spouse Caregiver
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general or unspecified; prefer specific caregiver as NURSES; PHYSICIANS; etc.; coordinate with specific field if pertinent: "the teacher as caregiver" = CAREGIVERS + TEACHING
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- National Library of Medicine. Caregivers. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D017028. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D017028
- Caregivers. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caregiver
- Caregivers. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q553079