"Civil Rights" 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.
Legal guarantee protecting the individual from attack on personal liberties, right to fair trial, right to vote, and freedom from discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, age, disability, or national origin. (from http://www.usccr.gov/ accessed 1/31/2003)
| Descriptor ID |
D002961
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| MeSH Number(s) |
I01.880.604.473.352 N03.706.437.352
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| Concept/Terms |
Civil Rights- Civil Rights
- Civil Right
- Right, Civil
- Rights, Civil
Voting Rights- Voting Rights
- Right, Voting
- Rights, Voting
- Voting Right
Legal Rights- Legal Rights
- Legal Right
- Right, Legal
- Rights, Legal
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| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Civil Rights" by people in Profiles.
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Beyond Bathrooms--Meeting the Health Needs of Transgender People. N Engl J Med. 2016 Jul 14; 375(2):101-3.
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A search for the missing premise of involuntary therapeutic commitment: effective treatment of the mentally ill. Rutgers Law Rev. 1988; 40(2):303-68.
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The empirical consequences and policy implications of broadening the statutory criteria for civil commitment. Yale Law Policy Rev. 1985; 3(2):395-446.