Family

"Family" 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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A social group consisting of parents or parent substitutes and children.

Descriptor ID	D005190
MeSH Number(s)	F01.829.263 I01.880.853.150
Concept/Terms	Family Family Families Family Life Cycles Family Life Cycles Life Cycle, Family Life Cycles, Family Family Life Cycle Family Members Family Members Family Member Stepfamily Stepfamily Stepfamilies Family, Reconstituted Family, Reconstituted Families, Reconstituted Reconstituted Families Reconstituted Family Filiation Filiation Kinship Networks Kinship Networks Kinship Network Network, Kinship Networks, Kinship Relatives Relatives Extended Family Extended Family Extended Families Families, Extended Family, Extended Family Research Family Research Research, Family

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Family".

Psychiatry and Psychology [F]
Behavior and Behavior Mechanisms [F01]
Psychology, Social [F01.829]
Family [F01.829.263]
Anthropology, Education, Sociology and Social Phenomena [I]
Social Sciences [I01]
Sociology [I01.880]
Sociological Factors [I01.880.853]
Family [I01.880.853.150]

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Family".

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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Family" by people in this website by year, and whether "Family" was a major or minor topic of these publications.

Bar chart showing 195 publications over 30 distinct years, with a maximum of 16 publications in 2015

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1996	0	1	1
1997	1	2	3
1998	1	1	2
1999	1	1	2
2000	0	2	2
2001	0	3	3
2002	4	4	8
2003	0	7	7
2004	0	1	1
2005	5	2	7
2006	2	3	5
2007	3	4	7
2008	3	1	4
2009	5	4	9
2010	6	3	9
2011	2	3	5
2012	7	4	11
2013	6	2	8
2014	5	4	9
2015	7	9	16
2016	6	2	8
2017	8	4	12
2018	4	3	7
2019	4	3	7
2020	0	8	8
2021	1	7	8
2022	1	7	8
2023	2	6	8
2024	3	2	5
2025	5	0	5

Below are the most recent publications written about "Family" by people in Profiles.

Manne SL, Kashy DA, Pagoto S, Peterson SK, Heckman CJ, Gallo J, Berger A, Buller DB, Kulik A, Frederick S, Pesanelli M. Engagement in and correlates of total cutaneous exams and skin self-exams among young melanoma survivors and their family. J Behav Med. 2025 Oct; 48(5):834-847.

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Naqvi S, Nunes AP, Lapane KL. Association Between Residents' Perceived Importance of Family Involvement in Overall Care Planning and Rehabilitative Therapy Administration in Nursing Homes. J Am Med Dir Assoc. 2025 Aug; 26(8):105704.

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Morgan J, Cahill J, Ritchie C, Zhang L, Gazarian P. Methods of Piloting an Abstraction Tool to Describe Family Engagement in the Hospital Setting: Retrospective Chart Review. JMIR Form Res. 2025 Jun 03; 9:e66549.

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Blok AC, Valley TS, Gauntlett LE, Miller J, Lipman K, Krein SL. Understanding crisis needs among family caregivers of patients in critical care: A qualitative analysis. Aust Crit Care. 2025 05; 38(3):101168.

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Hwang DY, Reichman M, Bannon SM, Meurer K, Kubota R, Kim J, Baskaran N, Zhang Q, Fishbein NS, Lichstein K, Presciutti AM, Woodworth EC, Motta M, Muehlschlegel S, Reznik ME, Jaffa MN, Creutzfeldt CJ, Fehnel CR, Tomlinson AD, Williamson CA, Vranceanu AM. Psychosocial Support Needs and Preferences Among Family Caregivers of ICU Patients with Severe Acute Brain Injury: A Qualitative Thematic Analysis. Neurocrit Care. 2025 Aug; 43(1):223-231.

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Sales PC, McCarthy MM, Dickson VV, Sullivan-Bolyai S, Melkus GD, Chyun D. Family Management of Hypertension in Brazil: A Cross-Sectional Study. Clin Nurs Res. 2025 Jan; 34(1):12-22.

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Yuan Y, Dube CE, Xu S, Lim E, Qu S, McPhillips E, Lapane KL. Exploring the social and cultural aspects of Chinese family caregivers' experience as they support loved ones with dementia transitioning into nursing homes: a qualitative study protocol. BMJ Open. 2024 08 12; 14(8):e085731.

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Katz-Wise SL, Godwin EG, Medzhitova Y, Moore LBM, Parsa N, Hill A, Oparah N, Bogart LM, Rosal MC, Pullen Sansfa?on A, Ehrensaft D, Nishman MM, Austin SB. Development of a family-level intervention for families with transgender and/or nonbinary youth: Lessons and recommendations. J Fam Psychol. 2024 Oct; 38(7):995-1006.

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Hart JL, Malik L, Li C, Summer A, Ogunduyile L, Steingrub J, Lo B, Zlatev J, White DB. Clinicians' Use of Choice Framing in ICU Family Meetings. Crit Care Med. 2024 Oct 01; 52(10):1533-1542.

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Shepherd-Banigan M, Shapiro A, Stechuchak KM, Glynn S, Calhoun P, Ackland PE, Bokhour B, Edelman D, Falkovic M, Weidenbacher HJ, Eldridge MR, Lanford T, Swinkels C, Dedert E, Wells S, Ruffin R, Van Houtven CH. Feasibility of a family-involved intervention to increase engagement in evidenced-based psychotherapies for posttraumatic stress disorder: A pilot study. Psychol Trauma. 2024 Dec; 16(Suppl 3):S731-S741.

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