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Deinstitutionalization

The practice of caring for individuals in the community, rather than in an institutional environment with resultant effects on the individual, the individual's family, the community, and the health care system.

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Abstract

The practice of caring for individuals in the community, rather than in an institutional environment with resultant effects on the individual, the individual's family, the community, and the health care system.

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Synonyms

4 entry terms
  • Deinstitutionalized Persons
  • Deinstitutionalized Person
  • Person, Deinstitutionalized
  • Persons, Deinstitutionalized

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Aspects Covered

11 allowable subheadings

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

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Indexing Annotation

"caring for individuals in the community, rather than in an institutional environment"

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History Note

79

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  1. E02w.760w.415w.280w
  2. N02.421.585w.415w.280w

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NLM Classification

W 84.7

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Deinstitutionalization. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D003688. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D003688
  2. Deinstitutionalization. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deinstitutionalisation
  3. Deinstitutionalization. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2657096