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Standard of Care

"Standard of Care" 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.

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The minimum acceptable patient care, based on statutes, court decisions, policies, or professional guidelines.


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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Standard of Care" by people in this website by year, and whether "Standard of Care" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
Bar chart showing 46 publications over 13 distinct years, with a maximum of 18 publications in 2022
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