Symposium on the patient with long-term illness. Foreword.
1973
K L Riffle
UI
MeSH Term
Description
Entries
D008134
Long-Term Care
Care over an extended period, usually for a chronic condition or disability, requiring periodic, intermittent, or continuous care.
Care, Long-Term,Long Term Care
D002908
Chronic Disease
Diseases which have one or more of the following characteristics: they are permanent, leave residual disability, are caused by nonreversible pathological alteration, require special training of the patient for rehabilitation, or may be expected to require a long period of supervision, observation, or care (Dictionary of Health Services Management, 2d ed). For epidemiological studies chronic disease often includes HEART DISEASES; STROKE; CANCER; and diabetes (DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2).