Adoption

"Adoption" 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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Voluntary acceptance of a child of other parents to be as one's own child, usually with legal confirmation.

Descriptor ID	D000300
MeSH Number(s)	I01.880.853.150.140
Concept/Terms	Adoption Adoption Adoptions

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

Anthropology, Education, Sociology and Social Phenomena [I]
Social Sciences [I01]
Sociology [I01.880]
Sociological Factors [I01.880.853]
Family [I01.880.853.150]
Adoption [I01.880.853.150.140]

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is related to "Adoption".

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Adoption".

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