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Social Control, Formal

Categorical breakdown of terms falling inder the category of Social Control, Formal. Sub categories will become more specific in nature to the terms listed for Social Control, Formal.

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Accreditation - Certification as complying with a standard set by non-governmental organizations, applied for by ins...

Advance Directives - Declarations by patients, made in advance of a situation in which they may be incompetent to decide ...

Advisory Committees - Groups set up to advise governmental bodies, societies, or other institutions on policy. (Bioethics ...

American Recovery and Reinvestment Act - Public Law No: 111-5, enacted February 2009, makes supplemental appropriations for job preservation ...

Antitrust Laws - Those federal and state laws, and their enforcement, that protect trade and commerce from unlawful r...

Certification - Compliance with a set of standards defined by non-governmental organizations. Certification is appli...

Child Advocacy - Promotion and protection of the rights of children; frequently through a legal process....

Civil Rights - Legal guarantee protecting the individual from attack on personal liberties, right to fair trial, ri...

Commitment of Mentally Ill - Legal process required for the institutionalization of a patient with severe mental problems....

Compensation and Redress - Payment, or other means of making amends, for a wrong or injury....

Confidentiality - The privacy of information and its protection against unauthorized disclosure....

Confidentiality - The privacy of information and its protection against unauthorized disclosure....

Consent Forms - Documents describing a medical treatment or research project, including proposed procedures, risks, ...

Consumer Advocacy - The promotion and support of consumers' rights and interests....

Contracts - Agreements between two or more parties, especially those that are written and enforceable by law (Am...

Copyright - The exclusive right, granted by law for a certain number of years, to make and dispose of copies of ...

Credentialing - The recognition of professional or technical competence through registration, certification, licensu...

Defensive Medicine - The alterations of modes of medical practice, induced by the threat of liability, for the principal ...

Drug and Narcotic Control - Control of drug and narcotic use by international agreement, or by institutional systems for handlin...

Duty to Recontact - The ethical and/or legal obligation of a health provider or researcher to communicate with a former ...

Duty to Warn - A health professional's obligation to breach patient CONFIDENTIALITY to warn third parties of the da...

Employee Retirement Income Security Act - A 1974 Federal act which preempts states' rights with regard to workers' pension benefits and employ...

Expert Testimony - Presentation of pertinent data by one with special skill or knowledge representing mastery of a part...

Facility Regulation and Control - Formal voluntary or governmental procedures and standards required of hospitals and health or other ...

Family Planning Policy - A course or method of action selected, usually by a government, to guide and determine present and f...

Forensic Psychiatry - Psychiatry in its legal aspects. This includes criminology, penology, commitment of mentally ill, th...

Freedom - The rights of individuals to act and make decisions without external constraints....

Genetic Privacy - The protection of genetic information about an individual, family, or population group, from unautho...

Genetic Privacy - The protection of genetic information about an individual, family, or population group, from unautho...

Genetic Privacy - The protection of genetic information about an individual, family, or population group, from unautho...

Government Regulation - Exercise of governmental authority to control conduct....

Health Care Reform - Innovation and improvement of the health care system by reappraisal, amendment of services, and remo...

Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act - Public Law 104-91, enacted in 1996, is designed to protect health insurance coverage for workers and...

Health Planning - Planning for needed health and/or welfare services and facilities....

Health Policy - Decisions, usually developed by government policymakers, for determining present and future objectiv...

Human Rights - The rights of the individual to cultural, social, economic, and educational opportunities as provide...

Informed Consent - Voluntary authorization, by a patient or research subject, with full comprehension of the risks invo...

Informed Consent - Voluntary authorization, by a patient or research subject, with full comprehension of the risks invo...

Insanity Defense - A legal concept that an accused is not criminally responsible if, at the time of committing the act,...

Intellectual Property - Property, such as patents, trademarks, and copyright, that results from creative effort. The Patent ...

Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations - A private, voluntary, not-for-profit organization which establishes standards for the operation of h...

Jurisprudence - The science or philosophy of law. Also, the application of the principles of law and justice to heal...

Legislation as Topic - The enactment of laws and ordinances and their regulation by official organs of a nation, state, or ...

Legislation, Dental - Laws and regulations pertaining to the field of dentistry, proposed for enactment or recently enacte...

Legislation, Drug - Laws concerned with manufacturing, dispensing, and marketing of drugs....

Legislation, Food - Laws and regulations concerned with industrial processing and marketing of foods....

Legislation, Hospital - Laws and regulations concerning hospitals, which are proposed for enactment or enacted by a legislat...

Legislation, Medical - Laws and regulations, pertaining to the field of medicine, proposed for enactment or enacted by a le...

Legislation, Nursing - Laws and regulations, pertaining to the field of nursing, proposed for enactment by a legislative bo...

Legislation, Pharmacy - Laws and regulations, pertaining to the field of pharmacy, proposed for enactment or enacted by a le...

Legislation, Veterinary - Laws and regulations, pertaining to the field of veterinary medicine, proposed for enactment or enac...

Liability, Legal - Accountability and responsibility to another, enforceable by civil or criminal sanctions....

Licensure - The legal authority or formal permission from authorities to carry on certain activities which by la...

Licensure, Dental - The granting of a license to practice dentistry....

Licensure, Hospital - The granting of a license to a hospital....

Licensure, Medical - The granting of a license to practice medicine....

Licensure, Nursing - The granting of a license to practice the profession of nursing....

Licensure, Pharmacy - The granting of a license to practice pharmacy....

Living Wills - Written, witnessed declarations in which persons request that if they become disabled beyond reasona...

Malpractice - Failure of a professional person, a physician or lawyer, to render proper services through reprehens...

Mandatory Programs - Programs in which participation is required....

Mandatory Reporting - A legal requirement that designated types of information acquired by professionals or institutions i...

Mandatory Reporting - A legal requirement that designated types of information acquired by professionals or institutions i...

Mandatory Testing - Testing or screening required by federal, state, or local law or other agencies for the diagnosis of...

Medicaid - Federal program, created by Public Law 89-97, Title XIX, a 1965 amendment to the Social Security Act...

Medicare - Federal program, created by Public Law 89-97, Title XVIII-Health Insurance for the Aged, a 1965 amen...

Medicare Part A - The compulsory portion of Medicare that is known as the Hospital Insurance Program. All persons 65 y...

Medicare Part B - The voluntary portion of Medicare, known as the Supplementary Medical Insurance (SMI) Program, that ...

Medicare Part C - The Balanced Budget Act (BBA) of 1997 establishes a Medicare+Choice program under part C of Title XV...

Medicare Part D - A stand-alone drug plan offered by insurers and other private companies to beneficiaries that receiv...

Mental Competency - The ability to understand the nature and effect of the act in which the individual is engaged. (From...

Nutrition Policy - Governmental guidelines and objectives pertaining to public food supply and nutrition including reco...

Organizational Policy - A course or method of action selected, usually by an organization, institution, university, society,...

Parental Consent - Informed consent given by a parent on behalf of a minor or otherwise incompetent child....

Patents as Topic - Exclusive legal rights or privileges applied to inventions, plants, etc....

Patient Access to Records - The freedom of patients to review their own medical, genetic, or other health-related records....

Patient Advocacy - Promotion and protection of the rights of patients, frequently through a legal process....

Patient Freedom of Choice Laws - Laws requiring patients under managed care programs to receive services from the physician or other ...

Patient Rights - Fundamental claims of patients, as expressed in statutes, declarations, or generally accepted moral ...

Patient Self-Determination Act - The purpose of this 1990 federal act is to assure that individuals receiving health care services wi...

Patient Self-Determination Act - The purpose of this 1990 federal act is to assure that individuals receiving health care services wi...

Peer Review - An organized procedure carried out by a select committee of professionals in evaluating the performa...

Peer Review, Health Care - The concurrent or retrospective review by practicing physicians or other health professionals of the...

Peer Review, Research - The evaluation by experts of the quality and pertinence of research or research proposals of other e...

Personal Autonomy - Self-directing freedom and especially moral independence. An ethical principle holds that the autono...

Physician Impairment - The physician's inability to practice medicine with reasonable skill and safety to the patient due t...

Policy Making - The decision process by which individuals, groups or institutions establish policies pertaining to p...

Presumed Consent - An institutional policy of granting authority to health personnel to perform procedures on patients ...

Privacy - The state of being free from intrusion or disturbance in one's private life or affairs. (Random Hous...

Privacy - The state of being free from intrusion or disturbance in one's private life or affairs. (Random Hous...

Professional Impairment - The inability of a health professional to provide proper professional care of patients due to his or...

Public Policy - A course or method of action selected, usually by a government, from among alternatives to guide and...

Reproductive Rights - Reproductive rights rest on the recognition of the basic right of all couples and individuals to dec...

Resuscitation Orders - Instructions issued by a physician pertaining to the institution, continuation, or withdrawal of lif...

Right to Die - The right of the patient or the patient's representative to make decisions with regard to the patien...

Social Control Policies - Decisions for determining and guiding present and future objectives from among alternatives....

Social Control, Formal - Control which is exerted by the more stable organizations of society, such as established institutio...

Social Justice - An interactive process whereby members of a community are concerned for the equality and rights of a...

Specialty Boards - Organizations which certify physicians and dentists as specialists in various fields of medical and ...

Tax Equity and Fiscal Responsibility Act - PL97-248. Title II of the Act specifies "provisions relating to savings in health and income securit...

Third-Party Consent - Informed consent given by someone other than the patient or research subject....

Threshold Limit Values - Standards for limiting worker exposure to airborne contaminants. They are the maximum concentration ...

Treatment Refusal - Patient or client refusal of or resistance to medical, psychological, or psychiatric treatment. (APA...

Women's Rights - The rights of women to equal status pertaining to social, economic, and educational opportunities af...

Wrongful Life - In civil law a cause of action which alleges that a defendant has wrongfully caused a child to be bo...