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Descriptor English: Hotlines
Descriptor Spanish: Líneas Directas
Descriptor líneas directas
Entry term(s) líneas telefónicas de emergencia
Scope note: Sistema de comunicación directa, generalmente telefónico, que se establece para el contacto directo. Está diseñado para suministrar asistencia e información especial por medio de personal entrenado y se utiliza en el asesoramiento, las remisiones y las urgencias como como intoxicaciones e intentos de suicidio.
Descriptor Portuguese: Linhas Diretas
Descriptor French: Assistance par téléphone
Entry term(s): Hotline
Telephone Hotline
Telephone Hotlines
Tree number(s): N02.421.297.448
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D015277
Scope note: A direct communication system, usually telephone, established for instant contact. It is designed to provide special information and assistance through trained personnel and is used for counseling, referrals, and emergencies such as poisonings and threatened suicides.
Allowable Qualifiers: CL classification
EC economics
ES ethics
HI history
LJ legislation & jurisprudence
MT methods
OG organization & administration
SD supply & distribution
SN statistics & numerical data
ST standards
TD trends
Public MeSH Note: 89
History Note: 89
DeCS ID: 23674
Unique ID: D015277
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Date Established: 1989/01/01
Date of Entry: 1988/05/19
Revision Date: 2017/06/30
Hotlines - Preferred
Concept UI M0023519
Scope note A direct communication system, usually telephone, established for instant contact. It is designed to provide special information and assistance through trained personnel and is used for counseling, referrals, and emergencies such as poisonings and threatened suicides.
Preferred term Hotlines
Entry term(s) Hotline
Telephone Hotline
Telephone Hotlines



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