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health care management
health care facilities, manpower, and services
health services
drug rehabilitation
Preferred term
self-care
Definition
- Self-care is a term that describes a variety of behaviors that can be performed to help treat disease and promote health. Research has established that self-care of chronic disease has a meaningful and positive influence on symptomatology, length of illness episodes, and psychosocial coping. [Source: Encyclopedia of Health & Aging; Self-Care]
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URI
https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/self-care
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