 Personhood
"Personhood" 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.
The state or condition of being a human individual accorded moral and/or legal rights. Criteria to be used to determine this status are subject to debate, and range from the requirement of simply being a human organism to such requirements as that the individual be self-aware and capable of rational thought and moral agency.
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D028723
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| MeSH Number(s) |
K01.752.566.479.660 N05.350.917
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Personhood" by people in this website by year, and whether "Personhood" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| 2010 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2021 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Personhood" by people in Profiles.
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Hutchens K. "Gummy Bears" and "Teddy Grahams": Ultrasounds as religious biopower in Crisis Pregnancy Centers. Soc Sci Med. 2021 05; 277:113925.
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Sokol LL, Lum HD, Creutzfeldt CJ, Cella D, Forlizzi J, Cerf M, Hauser JM, Kluger BM. Meaning and Dignity Therapies for Psychoneurology in Neuropalliative Care: A Vision for the Future. J Palliat Med. 2020 09; 23(9):1155-1156.
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Reed P, Carson J, Gibb Z. Transcending the Tragedy Discourse of Dementia: An Ethical Imperative for Promoting Selfhood, Meaningful Relationships, and Well-Being. AMA J Ethics. 2017 Jul 01; 19(7):693-703.
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Perry C, Felsen G. Abortion law should align with evidence from neuroscience. Am J Bioeth. 2010 Dec; 10(12):49-51.
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Melton GB. Toward "personhood" for adolescents. Autonomy and privacy as values in public policy. Am Psychol. 1983 Jan; 38(1):99-103.
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