Biomaterial Database

Courts--scope of authority--sterilization of mental incompetents. 1977

Christina N Norris

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D007258	Informed Consent	Voluntary authorization, by a patient or research subject, with full comprehension of the risks involved, for diagnostic or investigative procedures, and for medical and surgical treatment.	Consent, Informed
D007603	Jurisprudence	The science or philosophy of law. Also, the application of the principles of law and justice to health and medicine.	Litigation,Medical Jurisprudence,Constitutional Law,Court Decision,Law,Legal Aspects,Legal Obligations,Legal Status,State Interest,Aspect, Legal,Aspects, Legal,Constitutional Laws,Court Decisions,Decision, Court,Decisions, Court,Interest, State,Interests, State,Jurisprudence, Medical,Law, Constitutional,Laws,Laws, Constitutional,Legal Aspect,Legal Obligation,Litigations,Obligation, Legal,Obligations, Legal,State Interests,Status, Legal
D007878	Legislation as Topic	Works about the enactment of laws and ordinances and their regulation by official organs of a nation, state, or other legislative organization. It refers also to health-related laws and regulations in general or for which there is no specific descriptor.	Health Legislation,Constitutional Amendments,Health Legislation as Topic,Laws and Statutes,Legislation, Health,Model Legislation,Population Law,Statutes and Laws,Amendment, Constitutional,Amendments, Constitutional,Constitutional Amendment,Law, Population,Laws, Population,Legislation, Model,Population Laws
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D013219	State Government	The level of governmental organization and function below that of the national or country-wide government.	Government, State,Provincial Government,Government, Provincial,Governments, State,State Governments
D013244	Sterilization, Involuntary	Interference of a person's reproductive ability without the consent of the person or guardian.	Compulsory Sterilization,Forced Sterilization,Involuntary Sterilization,Compulsory Sterilizations,Forced Sterilizations,Involuntary Sterilizations,Sterilization, Compulsory,Sterilization, Forced,Sterilizations, Compulsory,Sterilizations, Forced,Sterilizations, Involuntary
D013714	Tennessee	State bounded on the north by Kentucky and Virginia, on the east by North Carolina, on the south by Georgia, Alabama and Mississippi, and on the west by Arkansas and Missouri.
D019989	Persons with Mental Disabilities	Persons diagnosed as having significantly lower than average intelligence and considerable problems in adapting to everyday life or lacking independence in regard to activities of daily living.	Intellectually Disabled Persons,Mentally Disabled,Mentally Disabled Persons,Mentally Handicapped,Persons with Intellectual Disability,Mentally Retarded,Disabled Persons, Intellectually,Disabled, Mentally,Intellectually Disabled Person,Mentally Disabled Person,Person, Mentally Disabled,Persons, Intellectually Disabled,Persons, Mentally Disabled
D033222	Judicial Role	The kind of action or activity proper to the judiciary, particularly its responsibility for decision making.	Judicial Action,Judicial Bypass,Court Action,Judicial Consent,Action, Court,Action, Judicial,Actions, Court,Actions, Judicial,Bypass, Judicial,Consent, Judicial,Court Actions,Judicial Actions,Judicial Roles,Role, Judicial,Roles, Judicial