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Families/Friends of People With Chronic Illnesses
The parents, children, spouses, partners, friends or other relatives or significant others of people who have serious medical conditions which have persisted over a long period of time, whose own patterns of personal, social and familial coping have been significantly affected by interaction with and concern about the chronically ill person.
The above terms and definitions are part of the Taxonomy of Human Services, used here by permission of INFO LINE of Los Angeles.