"Civil Rights" 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.
Legal guarantee protecting the individual from attack on personal liberties, right to fair trial, right to vote, and freedom from discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, age, disability, or national origin. (from http://www.usccr.gov/ accessed 1/31/2003)
| Descriptor ID |
D002961
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| MeSH Number(s) |
I01.880.604.473.352 N03.706.437.352
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| Concept/Terms |
Civil Rights- Civil Rights
- Civil Right
- Right, Civil
- Rights, Civil
Voting Rights- Voting Rights
- Right, Voting
- Rights, Voting
- Voting Right
Legal Rights- Legal Rights
- Legal Right
- Right, Legal
- Rights, Legal
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1995 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1996 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1997 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2003 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2019 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Civil Rights" by people in Profiles.
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Conscience, tolerance, and pluralism in health care. Theor Med Bioeth. 2019 Dec; 40(6):507-521.
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Segregation, civil rights, and health disparities: the legacy of African American physicians and organized medicine, 1910-1968. J Natl Med Assoc. 2009 Jun; 101(6):513-27.
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African American physicians and organized medicine, 1846-1968: origins of a racial divide. JAMA. 2008 Jul 16; 300(3):306-13.
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Oversimplifications II: Public health ethics ignores individual rights. Am J Bioeth. 2005 Sep-Oct; 5(5):6-8.
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Refusal of treatment during pregnancy. Clin Perinatol. 2003 Mar; 30(1):127-40, vii-viii.
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Anti-vaccinationists past and present. BMJ. 2002 Aug 24; 325(7361):430-2.
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Commentary: no more jurisdiction over Jehovah. J Law Med Ethics. 1999; 27(2):190-3.
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You can't always get what you want. Update. 1997 Jul; 13(2):5-7.
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Religious exemptions to the immunization statutes: balancing public health and religious freedom. J Law Med Ethics. 1997 Summer-Fall; 25(2-3):202-9, 83.
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Ethical implications of scientific research on the causes of sexual orientation. Health Care Anal. 1997 Jun; 5(2):136-48.