"Family" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
A social group consisting of parents or parent substitutes and children.
| Descriptor ID |
D005190
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| MeSH Number(s) |
F01.829.263 I01.880.853.150
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| Concept/Terms |
Family Life Cycles- Family Life Cycles
- Life Cycle, Family
- Life Cycles, Family
- Family Life Cycle
Family, Reconstituted- Family, Reconstituted
- Families, Reconstituted
- Reconstituted Families
- Reconstituted Family
Kinship Networks- Kinship Networks
- Kinship Network
- Network, Kinship
- Networks, Kinship
Extended Family- Extended Family
- Extended Families
- Families, Extended
- Family, Extended
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Family" by people in this website by year, and whether "Family" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1996 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 1997 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 1998 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 1999 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2000 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2001 | 5 | 2 | 7 |
| 2002 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2003 | 2 | 9 | 11 |
| 2004 | 2 | 6 | 8 |
| 2005 | 5 | 8 | 13 |
| 2006 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| 2007 | 6 | 2 | 8 |
| 2008 | 2 | 9 | 11 |
| 2009 | 3 | 7 | 10 |
| 2010 | 1 | 7 | 8 |
| 2011 | 4 | 6 | 10 |
| 2012 | 3 | 7 | 10 |
| 2013 | 4 | 7 | 11 |
| 2014 | 6 | 11 | 17 |
| 2015 | 3 | 10 | 13 |
| 2016 | 6 | 13 | 19 |
| 2017 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| 2018 | 3 | 14 | 17 |
| 2019 | 8 | 17 | 25 |
| 2020 | 4 | 18 | 22 |
| 2021 | 5 | 17 | 22 |
| 2022 | 3 | 13 | 16 |
| 2023 | 2 | 11 | 13 |
| 2024 | 4 | 9 | 13 |
| 2025 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| 2026 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Family" by people in Profiles.
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Nursing students' experience in interacting with families and informal caregivers in clinical training environment: a meta-synthesis. Nurse Educ Today. 2026 Jul; 162:107052.
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Which individual and organizational factors shape nurses' attitudes toward family involvement in nursing care? A multicenter cross-sectional study. Int J Nurs Stud. 2026 May; 177:105358.
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Frequency and face validity of reported family history of cancer in first-degree relatives and genetic syndromes among children with cancer in Project:EveryChild: A report from the Children's Oncology Group. Cancer. 2026 Jan 01; 132(1):e70231.
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Family-Level Factors That Influence Physical Activity among Hispanic Adolescents at Risk for Type 2 Diabetes. Ethn Dis. 2025 08; 35(3):121-128.
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What measures have been used to explore the outcomes of family members of critically ill patients: a scoping review. Intensive Care Med. 2025 09; 51(9):1641-1650.
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Transdiagnostic correlates of family accommodation in anxious youth. J Fam Psychol. 2025 Oct; 39(7):1003-1015.
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Osteogenesis imperfecta and the family: A qualitative analysis of the experiences of family and caregivers. Fam Syst Health. 2025 09; 43(3):482-499.
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Protein biomarkers of interstitial lung abnormalities in relatives of patients with pulmonary fibrosis. Eur Respir J. 2025 Jun; 65(6).
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Genetic Associations With C-peptide Levels Before Type 1 Diabetes Diagnosis in At-risk Relatives. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2025 Mar 17; 110(4):e1046-e1050.
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Family genetic risk communication and reverse cascade testing in the BabySeq project. Genet Med. 2025 Mar; 27(3):101350.