"Value of Life" 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 intrinsic moral worth ascribed to a living being. (Bioethics Thesaurus)
| Descriptor ID |
D026712
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| MeSH Number(s) |
K01.752.400.900
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| Concept/Terms |
Value of Life- Value of Life
- Sanctity of Life
- Life Sanctities
- Life Sanctity
- Respect for Life
- Life, Respect for
Life Valuation, Economic- Life Valuation, Economic
- Economic Life Valuation
- Economic Life Valuations
- Life Valuations, Economic
- Valuations, Economic Life
- Valuation, Economic Life
Economic Value of Life- Economic Value of Life
- Life Economic Values
- Life Economic Value
- Economic Value, Life
- Economic Values, Life
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2009 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2011 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2017 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2018 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2019 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2021 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Value of Life" by people in Profiles.
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Combatting Covid-19. Or, "All Persons Are Equal but Some Persons Are More Equal than Others?" Camb Q Healthc Ethics. 2021 07; 30(3):406-414.
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Estimating global burden of COVID-19 with disability-adjusted life years and value of statistical life metrics. J Formos Med Assoc. 2021 Jun; 120 Suppl 1:S106-S117.
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Public preferences for allocating absolute scarce critical healthcare resources during the COVID-19 pandemic. J Health Organ Manag. 2021 May 25; ahead-of-print(ahead-of-print).
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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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The medical right to repair: the right to save lives. Lancet. 2021 04 03; 397(10281):1260-1261.
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Estimates of the value of life lost from COVID-19 in Ohio. J Comp Eff Res. 2021 03; 10(4):281-284.
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Meaning in life and demoralization: a mental-health reading perspective of suicidality in the time of COVID-19. Acta Biomed. 2020 11 10; 91(4):e2020163.
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[COVID-19: Letting elderly patients die violates human dignity and the right to life]. Rev Med Chil. 2020 11; 148(11):1700-1701.
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Diabolical dilemmas of COVID-19: An empirical study into Dutch society's trade-offs between health impacts and other effects of the lockdown. PLoS One. 2020; 15(9):e0238683.
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Disability, Disablism, and COVID-19 Pandemic Triage. J Bioeth Inq. 2020 Dec; 17(4):601-605.