Definition
The parents, children, spouses, partners, friends or other relatives or significant others of people who have serious medical conditions which have persisted over a long period of time, whose own patterns of personal, social and familial coping have been significantly affected by interaction with and concern about the chronically ill person.
URL Name
YJ-6830-1780
Third Level Code
YJ-6830
Taxonomy Code
YJ-6830.1780
Parent Code
YJ-6830
Family Code
Y
Second Level Code
YJ
Fourth Level Code
YJ-6830-1780
Use References
Families of Chronically Ill, Families/Friends of Chronically Ill
Publication Status
Online