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Wrongful Life
MeSH Descriptor Data 2024
Details
Qualifiers
MeSH Tree Structures
Concepts
MeSH Heading
Wrongful Life
Tree Number(s)
I01.880.604.583.963
N03.706.535.803
Unique ID
D015974
RDF Unique Identifier
http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D015974
Annotation
legal action alleging "that a defendant has wrongfully caused a child to be born"
Scope Note
In civil law a cause of action which alleges that a defendant has wrongfully caused a child to be born.
Entry Term(s)
Wrongful Birth
Wrongful Lives
Previous Indexing
Jurisprudence (1978-1989)
Malpractice (1973-1989)
Public MeSH Note
90
History Note
90
Date Established
1990/01/01
Date of Entry
1989/07/05
Revision Date
2002/10/31
Allowable Qualifiers
ethics (ES)
history (HI)
Social Sciences [I01]
Sociology [I01.880]
Social Control, Formal [I01.880.604]
Jurisprudence [I01.880.604.583]
Advance Directives [I01.880.604.583.020]
Compensation and Redress [I01.880.604.583.050]
Confidentiality [I01.880.604.583.080]
Contracts [I01.880.604.583.090]
Criminal Law [I01.880.604.583.100]
Deportation [I01.880.604.583.133]
Duty to Recontact [I01.880.604.583.166]
Expert Testimony [I01.880.604.583.232]
Forensic Psychiatry [I01.880.604.583.310]
Informed Consent [I01.880.604.583.427]
Intellectual Property [I01.880.604.583.458]
International Law [I01.880.604.583.466]
Judicial Role [I01.880.604.583.474]
Legal Services [I01.880.604.583.482]
Liability, Legal [I01.880.604.583.490]
Malpractice [I01.880.604.583.524]
Mandatory Reporting [I01.880.604.583.527]
Mental Competency [I01.880.604.583.530]
Ownership [I01.880.604.583.594]
Presumed Consent [I01.880.604.583.659]
Resuscitation Orders [I01.880.604.583.789]
Supreme Court Decisions [I01.880.604.583.858]
Wills [I01.880.604.583.927]
Wrongful Life [I01.880.604.583.963]
Health Care Economics and Organizations [N03]
Social Control, Formal [N03.706]
Jurisprudence [N03.706.535]
Advance Directives [N03.706.535.020]
Compensation and Redress [N03.706.535.125]
Confidentiality [N03.706.535.230]
Contracts [N03.706.535.241]
Duty to Recontact [N03.706.535.247]
Expert Testimony [N03.706.535.253]
Forensic Psychiatry [N03.706.535.351]
Informed Consent [N03.706.535.489]
Intellectual Property [N03.706.535.518]
International Law [N03.706.535.533]
Liability, Legal [N03.706.535.547]
Malpractice [N03.706.535.606]
Mandatory Reporting [N03.706.535.615]
Mental Competency [N03.706.535.625]
Presumed Consent [N03.706.535.664]
Resuscitation Orders [N03.706.535.704]
Wrongful Life [N03.706.535.803]
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Wrongful Life
Preferred
Concept UI
M0024409
Scope Note
In civil law a cause of action which alleges that a defendant has wrongfully caused a child to be born.
Terms
Wrongful Life
Preferred Term
Term UI
T047385
Date
01/01/1999
LexicalTag
NON
ThesaurusID
BIOETHICS (1990)
Wrongful Lives
Term UI
T047384
Date
07/05/1989
LexicalTag
NON
ThesaurusID
NLM (1990)
Wrongful Birth
Narrower
Concept UI
M0024410
Terms
Wrongful Birth
Preferred Term
Term UI
T047386
Date
04/28/1989
LexicalTag
NON
ThesaurusID
BIOETHICS (1990)
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