"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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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1994 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1995 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1996 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 1997 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 1998 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1999 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2000 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2002 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2004 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2005 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2006 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2007 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 2008 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2009 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2010 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2012 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2013 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2015 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2020 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Moral Obligations" by people in Profiles.
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What Do We Owe Our Patients? Surgeon Obligations When Patients Are Too Sick for Surgery. J Am Coll Surg. 2024 Oct 01; 239(4):394-399.
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Principled decisions and virtuous care: an ethical assessment of the SIAARTI Guidelines for allocating intensive care resources. Minerva Anestesiol. 2020 08; 86(8):872-876.
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The ethical obligation of the dead donor rule. Med Health Care Philos. 2020 Mar; 23(1):43-50.
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The Pediatrician's Moral Obligation to Counsel Directively Against Youth Tackle Football. J Clin Ethics. 2020; 31(4):331-337.
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Genethics and Human Reproduction: Religious Perspectives in the Academic Bioethics Literature. New Bioeth. 2019 Jun; 25(2):153-171.
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Courage and Compassion: Virtues in Caring for So-Called "Difficult" Patients. AMA J Ethics. 2017 Apr 01; 19(4):357-363.
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The Challenge of Understanding Health Care Costs and Charges. AMA J Ethics. 2015 Nov 01; 17(11):1046-52.
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Response to ADV: neonatal dialysis and Baby Doe. Acta Paediatr. 2015 Aug; 104(8):751.
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Adab and its significance for an Islamic medical ethics. J Med Ethics. 2015 Sep; 41(9):756-61.
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Ethical obligations and clinical goals in end-of-life care: deriving a quality-of-life construct based on the Islamic concept of accountability before God (taklif). Am J Bioeth. 2015; 15(1):3-13.