Adoption MeSH Descriptor Data 2025

MeSH Heading: Adoption
Tree Number(s): I01.880.853.150.140
Unique ID: D000300
RDF Unique Identifier: http://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.
Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 1997/06/20

Allowable Qualifiers: ethnology (EH)

legislation & jurisprudence (LJ)

psychology (PX)

Social Sciences [I01]
- Sociology [I01.880]
  - Sociological Factors [I01.880.853]
    - Family [I01.880.853.150]

Adoption Preferred

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