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Descriptor English: Social Isolation
Descriptor Spanish: Aislamiento Social
Descriptor aislamiento social
Entry term(s) exclusión social
Scope note: Separación de personas o de grupos que da lugar a la pérdida o la disminución del contacto social o la comunicación. Esta separación puede tener lugar por una separación física, por barreras sociales o por mecanismos psicológicos. En este último caso, puede existir una interacción pero no una comunicación real.
Descriptor Portuguese: Isolamento Social
Descriptor French: Isolement social
Tree number(s): F01.145.813.781
I01.880.853.748
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D012934
Scope note: The separation of individuals or groups resulting in the lack of or minimizing of social contact and/or communication. This separation may be accomplished by physical separation, by social barriers and by psychological mechanisms. In the latter, there may be interaction but no real communication.
Annotation: human & animal; for issues concerning health, coordinate with SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH
Allowable Qualifiers: PX psychologie
DeCS ID: 13316
Unique ID: D012934
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Date Established: 1969/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2020/04/29
Isolement social - Preferred
Concept UI M0020029
Preferred term Isolement social



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