"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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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Personhood" by people in this website by year, and whether "Personhood" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1994 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1995 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 1996 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1997 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2000 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2005 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2006 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2011 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2012 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2013 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2017 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2018 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2022 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Below are the most recent publications written about "Personhood" by people in Profiles.
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Personhood and the Public's Definitions of a Human. Am J Bioeth. 2024 Jan; 24(1):49-51.
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Using Photographs to Bring Dignity to Patients and Help Clinicians Find Meaning and Joy in Work. J Palliat Med. 2023 02; 26(2):165-174.
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Meaning and Dignity Therapies for Psychoneurology in Neuropalliative Care: A Vision for the Future. J Palliat Med. 2020 09; 23(9):1155-1156.
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Conversations Regarding Personhood: Use of the Patient Dignity Question in an Outpatient Psycho-Oncology Clinic. J Palliat Med. 2019 12; 22(12):1574-1577.
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Interventions to improve the person-centered quality of family planning services: a narrative review. Reprod Health. 2018 Aug 28; 15(1):144.
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Living in Fear and Prioritizing Safety: Exploring Women's Lives After Traumatic Brain Injury From Intimate Partner Violence. Qual Health Res. 2018 09; 28(11):1708-1718.
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Compassionate Release Policy Reform: Physicians as Advocates for Human Dignity. AMA J Ethics. 2017 Sep 01; 19(9):854-861.
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The Relationship of Repeated Technical Assistance Support Visits to the Delivery of Positive Health, Dignity, and Prevention (PHDP) Messages by Healthcare Providers in Mozambique: A Longitudinal Multilevel Analysis. J Int Assoc Provid AIDS Care. 2017 Sep/Oct; 16(5):487-493.
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Artificial heart pumps: bridging the gap between science, technology and personalized medicine by relational medicine. Future Cardiol. 2017 01; 13(1):23-32.
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Dignity in mental health practice & research: Time to unite on innovation, outreach & education. Indian J Med Res. 2016 Oct; 144(4):491-495.