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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.

Sub-Categories

Terms

Access to Information - Individual's rights to obtain and use information collected or generated by others....

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

Animal Care Committees - Institutional committees established to protect the welfare of animals used in research and educatio...

Animal Rights - The moral and ethical bases of the protection of animals from cruelty and abuse. The rights are exte...

Animal Welfare - The protection of animals in laboratories or other specific environments by promoting their health t...

Capital Punishment - The use of the death penalty for certain crimes....

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...

Coercion - The use of force or intimidation to obtain compliance....

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

Concentration Camps - Facilities in which war or political prisoners are confined....

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 ...

Criminal Law - A branch of law that defines criminal offenses, regulates the apprehension, charging and trial of su...

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...

Drug Approval - Process that is gone through in order for a drug to receive approval by a government regulatory agen...

Drug Recalls - Removal of a drug from the market due to a problem occurring in the manufacture or distribution of t...

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...

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

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 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 ...

Judicial Role - The kind of action or activity proper to the judiciary, particularly its responsibility for decision...

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

Law Enforcement - Organized efforts to insure obedience to the laws of a community....

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

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

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

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...

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,...

Ownership - The legal relation between an entity (individual, group, corporation, or-profit, secular, government...

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

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...

Police - Agents of the law charged with the responsibility of maintaining law and order among the citizenry....

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

Prisons - Penal institutions, or places of confinement for war prisoners....

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...

Safety-Based Drug Withdrawals - Removal of a drug from the market due to the identification of an intrinsic property of the drug tha...

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...

Supreme Court Decisions - Decisions made by the United States Supreme Court....

Therapeutic Misconception - Misunderstanding among individuals, frequently research subjects, of scientific methods such as rand...

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

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

Wills - Legal documents that are declarations of individuals' wishes regarding the disposal of their propert...

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...