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MeSH Heading: Ethical Dilemmas
Tree Number(s): K01.275; K01.752.566.479.115
Unique ID: D000098463
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D000098463
Scope Note: Situations in which two moral principles conflict with one another. Fictional or hypothetical dilemmas of this kind are used to assess the moral beliefs or moral reasoning skills of individuals. (From APA Dictionary of Psychology, https://dictionary.apa.org/)
Entry Term(s): Ethical Dilemma; Ethical Problems; Moral Dilemmas; Moral Distress
Public MeSH Note: 2025
History Note: 2025
Date Introduced: 2025/01/01
Last Updated: 2025/01/01

Allowable Qualifiers: classification (CL)

education (ED)

ethics (ES)

history (HI)

psychology (PX)

statistics & numerical data (SN)

trends (TD)

Concept UI: M000766718
Scope Note: Situations in which two moral principles conflict with one another. Fictional or hypothetical dilemmas of this kind are used to assess the moral beliefs or moral reasoning skills of individuals. (From APA Dictionary of Psychology, https://dictionary.apa.org/)
Terms: Ethical Dilemmas Preferred Term
Term UI T001140878
Date11/14/2023
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2025); Moral Distress
Term UI T001140885
Date11/15/2023
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2025); Moral Dilemmas
Term UI T001141812
Date12/29/2023
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2025); Ethical Dilemma
Term UI T001140877
Date11/14/2023
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2025); Ethical Problems
Term UI T001144005
Date04/28/2024
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2025)

Ethical Dilemmas MeSH Descriptor Data 2026