Phenomena and Processes

Unwanted Pregnancy

Pregnancy, usually accidental, that is not desired by the parent or parents.

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Structured Summary

Abstract

Pregnancy, usually accidental, that is not desired by the parent or parents.

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Synonyms

3 entry terms
  • Pregnancy, Unwanted
  • Unwanted Pregnancies
  • Pregnancies, Unwanted

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Aspects Covered

12 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, drug effects, ethics, ethnology, genetics, immunology, metabolism, physiology, psychology, radiation effects, urine.

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Indexing Annotation

PREGNANCY, UNPLANNED is also available

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History Note

91(73); was see under PREGNANCY 1973-90

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Previous Indexing

  • Pregnancy (1966-1972)

MeSH Hierarchy

Tree Number

  1. G08.686.784w.769w.580

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NLM Classification

WQ 200

AMA Style

References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Unwanted Pregnancy. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D011275. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D011275
  2. Unwanted Pregnancy. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q67359903