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CARE (Cooperative for Assistance and Relief Everywhere), nonprofit, nonsectarian federation of agencies devoted to channeling relief and self-help materials to needy people in foreign countries. Organized in the United States (1945) to help war-ravaged Europe, CARE soon expanded its program to include developing nations in Asia, Africa, and Latin America. Famous for its "CARE packages" of food and other necessities, CARE in now also involved in population, health care, land management, and small economic activity. It is now an international organization with 10 member countries and headquarters in Brussels. care in (or into) care Social welfare made the legal responsibility of a local authority by order of a court CARE agency devoted to channeling relief to needy people abroad. [Am. Hist.: NCE, 456] See : Aid, Organizational How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| This focus is particularly evident in critical care units, where the technology, work flow, and unit design emphasize standard interventions aimed at the eradication of disease, often at the expense of more individualized and holistic healing practices. The researchers argue the high rate of adverse events could in part be explained by the 'fast-paced' and 'complex' nature of the critical care environment, which required urgent high-risk decision-making, often with incomplete data and by clinicians with varying levels of critical care training. Critical Care Nursing2006: The Journal of Critical Care Excellence" will be published six times a year beginning with a January/February issue. |
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