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.
Descriptor ID |
D028723
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MeSH Number(s) |
K01.316.722 K01.752.256.660
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Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2010 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Personhood" by people in Profiles over the past ten years.