personhood - CISMeF

Preferred Label : personhood;

MeSH definition : 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.;

Related MeSH term : human dignity; Dignity, Human;

MeSH annotation : do not confuse with INDIVIDUALITY;

Wikipedia link : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human dignity;

Details

Origin ID

D028723;

UMLS CUI

C0242352;

Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Human species [UNESCO concept]
- person [Artificial nutrition thesaurus concept]
Record concept(s)
- personhood [MeSH concept]
See also
- beginning of human life [MeSH Descriptor]
- human characteristics [MeSH Descriptor]
See also (suggested by CISMeF)
- persons [MeSH Descriptor]
- right to die [MeSH Descriptor]
Semantic type(s)
- Idea or Concept [UMLS semantic type]

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