"Family" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
A social group consisting of parents or parent substitutes and children.
| Descriptor ID |
D005190
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| MeSH Number(s) |
F01.829.263 I01.880.853.150
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| Concept/Terms |
Family Life Cycles- Family Life Cycles
- Life Cycle, Family
- Life Cycles, Family
- Family Life Cycle
Family, Reconstituted- Family, Reconstituted
- Families, Reconstituted
- Reconstituted Families
- Reconstituted Family
Kinship Networks- Kinship Networks
- Kinship Network
- Network, Kinship
- Networks, Kinship
Extended Family- Extended Family
- Extended Families
- Families, Extended
- Family, Extended
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Family" by people in this website by year, and whether "Family" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1996 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 1998 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2000 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2001 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2002 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2003 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2004 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2005 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2006 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 2007 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2008 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2010 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2011 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2012 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2013 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2014 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2015 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2016 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2017 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2018 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2019 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2020 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 2021 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2024 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Family" by people in Profiles.
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Improving Outcomes for ICU Family Members: The Role of Spiritual Care. J Palliat Med. 2025 Apr; 28(4):538-548.
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Healthy Sleep for Family Members of Intensive Care Unit Patients. Crit Care Nurse. 2024 Apr 01; 44(2):10-11.
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Maternal metabolomic profiling and congenital heart disease risk in offspring: A systematic review of observational studies. Prenat Diagn. 2023 05; 43(5):647-660.
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Challenges faced by families of critically ill patients during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. Patient Educ Couns. 2022 02; 105(2):297-303.
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Psychological Symptoms Among Surrogates of Critically Ill Patients During and Before the COVID-19 Pandemic. Chest. 2021 06; 159(6):2318-2320.
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Family Meetings in the Intensive Care Unit During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic. Am J Hosp Palliat Care. 2021 Mar; 38(3):305-312.
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International facilitators and barriers to family engagement in the ICU: Results of a qualitative analysis. J Crit Care. 2020 08; 58:72-77.
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Family Care Rituals in the ICU to Reduce Symptoms of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder in Family Members-A Multicenter, Multinational, Before-and-After Intervention Trial. Crit Care Med. 2020 02; 48(2):176-184.
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A Multidisciplinary Team-Based Approach to Improve Communication With Surrogates of Patients With Chronic Critical Illness. Am J Hosp Palliat Care. 2020 Mar; 37(3):214-221.
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The Timing of Family Meetings in the Medical Intensive Care Unit. Am J Hosp Palliat Care. 2019 Dec; 36(12):1049-1056.