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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]


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Primary care could be provided in Humansville through an outreach clinic manned primarily by physician assistants; secondary care could be at Citizens Memorial Hospital in Bolivar; tertiary care could be in the Cox and St.
Researchers from Aston University Business School, Birmingham, studied 400 teams working in primary health care, community mental health and secondary care over three years and found nurses who worked well in functioning teams were less likely to leave their jobs than those in 'poorly functioning' teams.
Physical therapists provide secondary care in a wide range of settings, including acute care and rehabilitation hospitals, outpatient clinics, home health, and school systems.
 
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