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Deinstitutionalization
| Medical Definition: | The practice of caring for individuals in the community, rather than in an institutional environment with resultant effects on the individual, the individual's family, the community, and the health care system. |
| Guide Notes: | "caring for individuals in the community |
| Also Called: | Deinstitutionalized Persons |
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