"Social Justice" 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.
An interactive process whereby members of a community are concerned for the equality and rights of all.
| Descriptor ID |
D012935
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| MeSH Number(s) |
I01.880.604.473.700 K01.752.566.479.830.750 N03.706.437.700 N05.350.958.750
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Social Justice" by people in this website by year, and whether "Social Justice" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2000 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2001 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2002 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2004 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2007 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2008 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2009 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2011 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2012 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2013 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2015 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2020 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 2021 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2022 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 2023 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 2024 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 2025 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Social Justice" by people in Profiles.
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A Survey of Attitudes Toward Social Justice Obligations in the Field of Bioethics. AJOB Empir Bioeth. 2025 Jul-Sep; 16(3):151-162.
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Design and implementation of an action plan for justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion within the Clinical Genome Resource. Am J Hum Genet. 2025 Feb 06; 112(2):215-223.
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Preferences for Justice-Based Exposure and Response Prevention Among Individuals With Identity-Related Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder. Behav Ther. 2025 Jul; 56(4):753-767.
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Racial Equity, Diversity and Inclusion in Bioethics: Recommendations from the Association of Bioethics Program Directors Presidential Task Force. Am J Bioeth. 2024 Oct; 24(10):3-14.
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COVID-19 ethics: unique aspects and a review as of early 2024. Monash Bioeth Rev. 2024 Jun; 42(1):55-86.
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Addressing or reinforcing injustice? Artificial amnion and placenta technology, loss-sensitive care and racial inequities in preterm birth. J Med Ethics. 2024 May 09; 50(5):316-317.
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Environmental Justice: A Missing Core Tenet of Global Health. Am J Bioeth. 2024 Mar; 24(3):20-23.
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What Bioethics Owes Reproductive Justice. Am J Bioeth. 2024 Feb; 24(2):52-55.
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Renewed calls for abortion-related research in the post-Roe era. Front Public Health. 2023; 11:1322299.
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Ethical, Legal, and Social Implications of Genomics Research: Implications for Building a More Racially Diverse Bioethics Workforce. Am J Bioeth. 2023 07; 23(7):106-108.