Humanities

Value of Life

The intrinsic moral worth ascribed to a living being. (Bioethics Thesaurus)

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Abstract

The intrinsic moral worth ascribed to a living being. (Bioethics Thesaurus)

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Synonyms

18 entry terms
  • Respect for Life
  • Sanctity of Life
  • Life Sanctities
  • Life Sanctity
  • Life, Respect for
  • Economic Life Valuation
  • Economic Value of Life
  • Economic Value, Life
  • Economic Values, Life
  • Life Economic Value
  • Life Economic Values
  • Life Valuation, Economic
  • Right to Life
  • Valuation, Economic Life
  • Economic Life Valuations
  • Life Valuations, Economic
  • Life, Right to
  • Valuations, Economic Life

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1 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings economics.

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Indexing Annotation

entry term ECONOMIC VALUE OF LIFE: coord with /econ + specific economics tern

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History Note

2002

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Previous Indexing

  • Quality of Life (1976-2001)

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Value of Life. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D026712. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D026712
  2. Value of Life. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Value_of_a_statistical_life
  3. Value of Life. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q582249