Search
Descriptor English: Adoption
Descriptor Spanish: Adopción
Descriptor adopción
Entry term(s) adopciones
Scope note: Aceptación voluntaria de un hijo ajeno como propio, generalmente con garantías legales.
Descriptor Portuguese: Adoção
Descriptor French: Adoption
Entry term(s): Adoptions
Legal Adoption
Tree number(s): I01.880.853.150.140
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D000300
Scope note: Voluntary acceptance of a child of other parents to be as one's own child, usually with legal confirmation.
Annotation: HUMANS only
Allowable Qualifiers: EH ethnology
LJ legislation & jurisprudence
PX psychology
DeCS ID: 23894
Unique ID: D000300
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 1997/06/20
Adoption - Preferred
Concept UI M0000474
Scope note Voluntary acceptance of a child of other parents to be as one's own child, usually with legal confirmation.
Preferred term Adoption
Entry term(s) Adoptions
Legal Adoption



We want your feedback on the new DeCS / MeSH website

We invite you to complete a survey that will take no more than 3 minutes.


Go to survey