Right to Die
"Right to Die" 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 right of the patient or the patient's representative to make decisions with regard to the patient's dying.
| Descriptor ID |
D012297
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| MeSH Number(s) |
I01.880.604.473.650.952 N03.706.437.650.750
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Right to Die" by people in UAMS Profiles by year, and whether "Right to Die" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2006 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1989 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Right to Die" by people in Profiles over the past ten years.
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Andersen JA. Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and a "Death With Dignity". Omega (Westport). 2020 Sep; 81(4):567-576.