Beginning of Human Life
"Beginning of Human Life" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
The point at which religious ensoulment or PERSONHOOD is considered to begin.
| Descriptor ID |
D033421
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| MeSH Number(s) |
K01.752.400.100
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1996 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2010 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Beginning of Human Life" by people in Profiles.
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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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Sapin E. The horizons of fetal medicine and its ethical consequences. Dolentium Hominum. 1996; 31(11th Yr. No. 1):155-8.