Health Care

Self-Help Groups

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.

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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.

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14 entry terms
  • Support Groups
  • Group, Self-Help
  • Group, Support
  • Groups, Self-Help
  • Groups, Support
  • Self Help Groups
  • Self-Help Group
  • Support Group
  • Clubs, Therapeutic Social
  • Social Clubs, Therapeutic
  • Therapeutic Social Clubs
  • Club, Therapeutic Social
  • Social Club, Therapeutic
  • Therapeutic Social Club

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

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History Note

79; was SOCIAL CLUBS see under ORGANIZATIONS 1975-78, was SOCIAL CLUBS 1973-74 (Prov)

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  • Organizations (1968-1972)

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Self-Help Groups. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D012657. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D012657
  2. Self-Help Groups. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q107584900