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 responsibility
social science
social sciences
social scientist
social season
social secretary
social security
Social Security
Social Security Administration
Social Security number
social service
social station
social status
social stratification
social structure
social support (current term)
social system
social therapy
social unit
social values
social welfare
social welfare
social work
social work
social worker
social worker
sociate
sociates
socia parotidis
societal

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