Health Care

Family Leave

The authorized absence from work of a family member to attend the illness or participate in the care of a parent, a sibling, or other family member. For the care of a parent for a child or for pre- or postnatal leave of a parent, PARENTAL LEAVE is available.

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Abstract

The authorized absence from work of a family member to attend the illness or participate in the care of a parent, a sibling, or other family member. For the care of a parent for a child or for pre- or postnatal leave of a parent, PARENTAL LEAVE is available.

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  • Leave, Family

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

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Indexing Annotation

to care for sibs, parents or other family members: do not confuse with PARENTAL LEAVE

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History Note

93; was see PARENTAL LEAVE 1992

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Previous Indexing

  • Family (1988-1991)
  • Parental Leave (1988-1992)

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  1. N01.824w.417w.700w.162
  2. N04w.452.677w.800w.162

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Family Leave. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D017407. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D017407
  2. Family Leave. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2687885