"Moral Obligations" 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.
Duties that are based in ETHICS, rather than in law.
| Descriptor ID |
D028681
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| MeSH Number(s) |
F01.829.500.760.500 K01.752.566.869.500
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| Concept/Terms |
Moral Obligations- Moral Obligations
- Moral Obligation
- Obligation, Moral
- Obligations, Moral
- Moral Duties
- Duties, Moral
- Duty, Moral
- Moral Duty
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Moral Obligations" by people in this website by year, and whether "Moral Obligations" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1994 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 1995 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1996 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1997 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 1998 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 1999 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2002 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2003 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2004 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2005 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2006 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2007 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2011 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2012 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2013 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 2015 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2016 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2017 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2018 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2021 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2022 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2023 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2024 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Moral Obligations" by people in Profiles.
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A Risk Is Not a Harm: Abortion Exceptions in State Laws. Hastings Cent Rep. 2024 Jul; 54(4):47.
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The End of Personhood. Am J Bioeth. 2024 Jan; 24(1):3-12.
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Green inhaler prescribing and the ethical obligations of physicians. J Med Ethics. 2023 02; 49(2):99.
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Toward Meeting the Obligation of Respect for Persons in Pragmatic Clinical Trials. Hastings Cent Rep. 2022 05; 52(3):9-17.
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Why appeals to the moral significance of birth are saddled with a dilemma. J Med Ethics. 2022 07; 48(7):490-491.
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Ethical quandaries around expanded carrier screening in third-party reproduction. Fertil Steril. 2018 02; 109(2):190-194.
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Ethical dimensions of the fetus as a patient. Best Pract Res Clin Obstet Gynaecol. 2017 Aug; 43:2-9.
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When are primary care physicians untruthful with patients? A qualitative study. AJOB Empir Bioeth. 2017 Jan-Mar; 8(1):32-39.
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Doubly distributing special obligations: what professional practice can learn from parenting. J Med Ethics. 2018 03; 44(3):212-216.
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Managing Care of an Intrapartum Patient with Agitation and Psychosis: Ethical and Legal Implications. AMA J Ethics. 2016 Mar 01; 18(3):209-14.