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Vulnerable Populations

"Vulnerable Populations" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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Groups of persons whose range of options is severely limited, who are frequently subjected to COERCION in their DECISION MAKING, or who may be compromised in their ability to give INFORMED CONSENT.


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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Vulnerable Populations" by people in this website by year, and whether "Vulnerable Populations" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
Bar chart showing 17 publications over 12 distinct years, with a maximum of 3 publications in 2016
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