Wrongful Life

"Wrongful Life" 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.

MeSH information

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In civil law a cause of action which alleges that a defendant has wrongfully caused a child to be born.

Descriptor ID	D015974
MeSH Number(s)	I01.880.604.583.963 N03.706.535.803
Concept/Terms	Wrongful Life Wrongful Life Life, Wrongful Wrongful Lives Lives, Wrongful Wrongful Birth Wrongful Birth Birth, Wrongful Births, Wrongful Wrongful Births

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Wrongful Life".

Anthropology, Education, Sociology and Social Phenomena [I]
Social Sciences [I01]
Sociology [I01.880]
Social Control, Formal [I01.880.604]
Jurisprudence [I01.880.604.583]
Wrongful Life [I01.880.604.583.963]
Health Care [N]
Health Care Economics and Organizations [N03]
Social Control, Formal [N03.706]
Jurisprudence [N03.706.535]
Wrongful Life [N03.706.535.803]

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