"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.
| Descriptor ID |
D028723
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| MeSH Number(s) |
K01.752.566.479.660 N05.350.917
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2017 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Personhood" by people in Profiles.
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If fetuses are persons, abortion is a public health crisis. Bioethics. 2021 06; 35(5):465-472.
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Person-Centered Communication Between Health Care Professionals and COVID-19-Infected Older Adults in Acute Care Settings: Findings From Wuhan, China. J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci. 2021 03 14; 76(4):e225-e229.
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Against vaccine nationalism. J Med Ethics. 2021 11; 47(11):773-774.
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Ethical Significance of Being Present With Others During the Pandemic Era. Nurs Sci Q. 2021 01; 34(1):20-22.
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The impact of death and dying on the personhood of medical students: a systematic scoping review. BMC Med Educ. 2020 Dec 28; 20(1):516.
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The impact of caring for dying patients in intensive care units on a physician's personhood: a systematic scoping review. Philos Ethics Humanit Med. 2020 11 25; 15(1):12.
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[Safe management of COVID-19 dead bodies in sub-Saharan Africa: could families be allowed to bury their dead?] Pan Afr Med J. 2020; 35(Suppl 2):148.
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[Humanize Death in a Time of Sanitary Crisis: Accompanied Die, Farewell and Receive Spiritual Care]. Cuad Bioet. 2020 May-Aug; 31(102):203-222.
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[Ethical reflections on the Measures Taken in Nursing Homes During Pandemic]. Cuad Bioet. 2020 May-Aug; 31(102):231-243.
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A foetus during labour is legally a human being. Med Sci Law. 2020 04; 60(2):161-162.