Medical Definition of Social support

1. Support systems that provide assistance and encouragement to individuals with physical or emotional disabilities in order that they may better cope. Informal social support is usually provided by friends, relatives, or peers, while formal assistance is provided by churches, groups, etc. (12 Dec 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Social Support

social secretary
social security
social security number
social security numbers
social service
social skills
social smoker
social station
social status
social statuses
social stigma
social stigmas
social stratification
social structure
social studies
social support (current term)
social system
social therapy
social trading
social unit
social values
social welfare
social work
social worker
social workers
socialisation
socialise
socialised
socialised medicine
socialiser

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