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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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Sixth, instead of going it alone in a community setting where the sub-specialty and other tertiary care services are not available, young physicians can begin their careers practicing in an academic setting which offers all of the tertiary care back-up services that they became accustomed to as students and residents. Very often, when patients have been treated with empiric antimicrobial drugs, the culture results at the tertiary care institutions may be negative or do not detect the infecting organism. This strategy aims to develop clinical networks and improve communication between primary, secondary and tertiary care settings. |
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