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Descriptor English: Social Prescribing
Descriptor Spanish: Prescripción Social
Descriptor Portuguese: Prescrição Social
Descriptor French: Without translation
Entry term(s): Prescribing, Social
Tree number(s): I01.880.853.500.600.501
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D000099076
Scope note: A way of referring people to non-clinical local services (for example, sports activities, arts, group learning, community-based activities, cookery and gardening), with the sole aim of ensuring human contact, followed by support and care.
Allowable Qualifiers: CL classification
EC economics
ED education
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: 2025
History Note: 2025
DeCS ID: 60961
Unique ID: D000099076
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Date Established: 2025/01/01
Date of Entry: 2024/08/09
Revision Date: 2024/07/19
Social Prescribing - Preferred
Concept UI M000768006
Scope note A way of referring people to non-clinical local services (for example, sports activities, arts, group learning, community-based activities, cookery and gardening), with the sole aim of ensuring human contact, followed by support and care.
Preferred term Social Prescribing
Entry term(s) Prescribing, Social



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