Personhood
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.
Year introduced: 2002
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Tree Number(s): K01.752.566.479.660, N05.350.917
MeSH Unique ID: D028723
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