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Thesaurus: 1501 entries.


COMMUNICATION (Search for related entries in the library)

Scope Note: The act of communicating news, new ideas, information or opinions through oral, written or other semiotic or symbolic means.

COMMUNICATIONS THEORY 

COMMUNICATIONS, ENERGY, AND PAPERWORKERS' UNION OF CANADA (Search for related entries in the library)

COMMUNISM (Search for related entries in the library)

Scope Note: A political model based on the ideal of a classless, moneyless society in which the means of production are shared and private property eschewed.

COMMUNITY CARE (Search for related entries in the library)

Scope Note: Care, and an approach to care, that is located in the "community" of recipients of care. Care takes place in home settings, community clinics or community centres. There has been a push for more community based care in recent decades.

COMMUNITY HEALTH CARE 

COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING (Search for related entries in the library)

Scope Note: A form of nursing that occurs in community settings such as community health clinics and can involve in-home care.

COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES 

COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS (Search for related entries in the library)

COMMUNITY SERVICES (Search for related entries in the library)

Scope Note: Services targeting the specific needs of specific communities. For example, in areas with large populations of low income families with small children, community services might include subsidized child care facilities or meal programming.