Personhood
"Personhood" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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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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| 1988 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 1989 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 1991 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1992 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Personhood" by people in Profiles.
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Walters JW. Proximate personhood as a standard for making difficult treatment decisions: imperiled newborns as a case study. Bioethics. 1992 Jan; 6(1):12-22.
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Walters JW. Anencephalic infants as organ sources. Bioethics. 1991 Oct; 5(4):326-41.
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Walters JW, Winslow GR. Anencephalic infants as organ sources: should the law be changed? J Pediatr. 1989 Nov; 115(5 Pt 1):824-32.
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Walters JW, Ashwal S. Anencephalic infants as organ donors and the brain death standard. J Med Philos. 1989 Feb; 14(1):79-87.
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Walters JW, Ashwal S. Organ prolongation in anencephalic infants: ethical & medical issues. Hastings Cent Rep. 1988 Oct-Nov; 18(5):19-27.
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Walters JW. Approaches to ethical decision making in the neonatal intensive care unit. Am J Dis Child. 1988 Aug; 142(8):825-30.