Structured Summary
Abstract
The science or philosophy of law. Also, the application of the principles of law and justice to health and medicine.
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Broader headings
Narrower headings
- Advance Directives
- Compensation and Redress
- Confidentiality
- Contracts
- Criminal Law
- Deportation
- Duty to Recontact
- Expert Testimony
- Forensic Psychiatry
- Informed Consent
- Intellectual Property
- International Law
- Judicial Role
- Legal Liability
- Legal Services
- Malpractice
- Mandatory Reporting
- Mental Competency
- Ownership
- Presumed Consent
- Resuscitation Orders
- Supreme Court Decisions
- Wills
- Wrongful Life
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Synonyms
28 entry terms
- Legal Aspects
- Aspect, Legal
- Aspects, Legal
- Legal Aspect
- Constitutional Law
- Court Decision
- Law
- Legal Obligations
- Legal Status
- Litigation
- Medical Jurisprudence
- State Interest
- Constitutional Laws
- Court Decisions
- Decision, Court
- Decisions, Court
- Interest, State
- Interests, State
- Jurisprudence, Medical
- Law, Constitutional
- Laws
- Laws, Constitutional
- Legal Obligation
- Litigations
- Obligation, Legal
- Obligations, Legal
- State Interests
- Status, Legal
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Aspects Covered
1 allowable subheadings
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Indexing Annotation
general or unspecified; prefer specifics or /legis with a specific MeSH term; specify geographic location if pertinent; entry term MEDICAL JURISPRUDENCE: do not coordinate with MEDICINE; for civil suits: differentiate from FORENSIC MEDICINE which is for crime and identification
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Jurisprudence. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D007603. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D007603
- Jurisprudence. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jurisprudence
- Jurisprudence. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4932206