Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques, and Equipment

Respite Care

Patient care provided in the home or institution intermittently in order to provide temporary relief to the family home care giver.

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Structured Summary

Abstract

Patient care provided in the home or institution intermittently in order to provide temporary relief to the family home care giver.

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Synonyms

10 entry terms
  • Care, Respite
  • Respite Cares
  • In-Home Respite
  • In-Home Respite Care
  • Care, In-Home Respite
  • In Home Respite
  • In Home Respite Care
  • In-Home Respite Cares
  • Respite Care, In-Home
  • Respite, In-Home

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Aspects Covered

12 allowable subheadings

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

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History Note

85

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Previous Indexing

  • Home Care Services (1967-1984)
  • Home Nursing (1966-1984)

MeSH Hierarchy

Tree Numbers

  1. E02w.760w.611.470.610w
  2. N02.421.143.524.470.610w
  3. N02.421.533.320.610w

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NLM Classification

WY 200

AMA Style

References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Respite Care. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D012144. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D012144
  2. Respite Care. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Respite_care
  3. Respite Care. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7315937