Named Groups

Abandoned Child

A child or adolescent who is deserted by parents or parent substitutes without regard for its future care.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

Structured Summary

Abstract

A child or adolescent who is deserted by parents or parent substitutes without regard for its future care.

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Synonyms

7 entry terms
  • Child, Abandoned
  • Children, Abandoned
  • Abandoned Children
  • Adolescent, Abandoned
  • Abandoned Adolescent
  • Abandoned Adolescents
  • Adolescents, Abandoned

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Aspects Covered

6 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings classification, education, history, legislation & jurisprudence, psychology, statistics & numerical data.

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Indexing Annotation

check also tag CHILD or specific

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History Note

72(69)

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Previous Indexing

  • Child (1966-1968)

MeSH Hierarchy

Tree Number

  1. M01w.097

AMA Style

References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Abandoned Child. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D002670. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D002670
  2. Abandoned Child. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q134385537