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Descriptor English: Family Leave
Descriptor Spanish: Absentismo Familiar
Descriptor Portuguese: Licença para Cuidar de Pessoa da Família
Descriptor French: Congé familial
Entry term(s): Leave, Family
Tree number(s): N01.824.417.700.162
N04.452.677.800.162
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D017407
Scope note: The authorized absence from work of a family member to attend the illness or participate in the care of a parent, a sibling, or other family member. For the care of a parent for a child or for pre- or postnatal leave of a parent, PARENTAL LEAVE is available.
Annotation: to care for sibs, parents or other family members: do not confuse with PARENTAL LEAVE
Allowable Qualifiers: CL classification
EC economics
ES ethics
HI history
LJ legislation & jurisprudence
SN statistics & numerical data
ST standards
TD trends
Previous Indexing: Family (1988-1991)
Parental Leave (1988-1992)
Public MeSH Note: 93; was see PARENTAL LEAVE 1992
Online Note: use PARENTAL LEAVE to search FAMILY LEAVE 1992
History Note: 93; was see PARENTAL LEAVE 1992
DeCS ID: 30729
Unique ID: D017407
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1993/01/01
Date of Entry: 1992/05/20
Revision Date: 1994/05/05
Family Leave - Preferred
Concept UI M0026421
Scope note The authorized absence from work of a family member to attend the illness or participate in the care of a parent, a sibling, or other family member. For the care of a parent for a child or for pre- or postnatal leave of a parent, PARENTAL LEAVE is available.
Preferred term Family Leave
Entry term(s) Leave, Family



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