Health Care

Hotlines

A direct communication system, usually telephone, established for instant contact. It is designed to provide special information and assistance through trained personnel and is used for counseling, referrals, and emergencies such as poisonings and threatened suicides.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

Structured Summary

Abstract

A direct communication system, usually telephone, established for instant contact. It is designed to provide special information and assistance through trained personnel and is used for counseling, referrals, and emergencies such as poisonings and threatened suicides.

MeSH Record

Classification

Broader headings

Related Concepts

Knowledge Graph

Loading graph…

Drag nodes to rearrange; hover to trace links; click a node to open its page.

MeSH Record

See Also

MeSH Record

Synonyms

3 entry terms
  • Telephone Hotlines
  • Hotline
  • Telephone Hotline

MeSH Record

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.

MeSH Record

History Note

89

MeSH Hierarchy

Tree Number

  1. N02.421.297w.448w

AMA Style

References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Hotlines. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D015277. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D015277
  2. Hotlines. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hotline
  3. Hotlines. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q10991973