Anthropology, Education, Sociology, and Social Phenomena

Almshouses

Privately endowed or publicly funded institutions receiving and supporting the aged or infirm poor. They sometimes functioned as centers of health care before the establishment of formal hospitals.

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Privately endowed or publicly funded institutions receiving and supporting the aged or infirm poor. They sometimes functioned as centers of health care before the establishment of formal hospitals.

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  • Almshouse

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

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historical contexts only

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  1. I01w.880w.787.190w.500w
  2. J03.340w.030w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Almshouses. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D019022. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D019022
  2. Almshouses. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Almshouse
  3. Almshouses. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15548045