NRCBL: Classification Scheme: HTML

Classification Scheme: HTML

1. Ethics
1.1 Philosophical Ethics
1.2 Religious Ethics
1.3 Applied and Professional Ethics: 1.3.1 General; 1.3.2 Business; 1.3.3 Education; 1.3.4 Engineering; 1.3.5 Government / Criminal Justice; 1.3.6 International Affairs; 1.3.7 Journalism / Mass Media; 1.3.8 Law; 1.3.9 Scientific Research; 1.3.10 Social Work; 1.3.11 Agriculture; 1.3.12 Information Technology

4. Philosophy of Medicine and Health
4.1 Philosophy of the Health Professions: 4.1.1 General; 4.1.2 Philosophy of Medicine; 4.1.3 Philosophy of Nursing
4.2 Concept of Health
4.3 Concept of Mental Health
4.4 Quality/Value of Life/Personhood
4.5 Enhancement
5. Science/Technology and Society
5.1 General
5.2 Technology/Risk Assessment
5.3 Social Control of Science/Technology
5.4 Nanotechnology

8. Patient Relationships
8.1 General
8.2 Truth Disclosure
8.3 Informed Consent: 8.3.1 General; 8.3.2 Minors/Parental Consent; 8.3.3 Third Party Consent/Incompetents; 8.3.4 Right to Refuse Treatment; 8.3.5 Bills, Laws and Cases
8.4 Confidentiality/Privacy
8.5 Malpractice
9. Health Care
9.1 General
9.2 Right to Health Care/Access to Health Care
9.3 Health Care Economics: 9.3.1 General; 9.3.2 Managed Care

9.4 Allocation of Health Care Resources
9.5 Health Care for Specific Diseases/Groups: 9.5.1 General; 9.5.2 Aged; 9.5.3 Mentally Disabled Persons; 9.5.4 Minorities; 9.5.5 Women; 9.5.6 HIV Infection and AIDS; 9.5.7 Newborns and Minors; 9.5.8 Embryos and Fetuses; 9.5.9 Substance Abusers/Users of Controlled Substances; 9.5.10 Indigents
9.6 Ethics Committees/Consultation
9.7 Drugs and Drug Industry
9.8 Quality of Health Care
10. Sexuality/Gender

12. Abortion
12.1 General
12.2 Position Statements (of organizations/groups)
12.3 Moral and Religious Aspects
12.4 Legal Aspects: 12.4.1 General; 12.4.2 Interests of Woman/Fetus/Father; 12.4.3 Interests of Health Personnel/Institutions; 12.4.4 Bills, Laws and Cases

12.5 Social Aspects: 12.5.1 General; 12.5.2 Demographic Surveys/Attitudes; 12.5.3 Abortion Counseling
13. Population
13.1 General
13.2 Population Growth
13.3 Population Policy

18. Human Experimentation
18.1 General
18.2 Policy Guidelines/Inst. Review Boards/Review Cttes.
18.3 Informed Consent
18.4 Behavioral Research
18.5 Research on Special Populations: 18.5.1 General; 18.5.2 Newborns and Minors; 18.5.3 Women; 18.5.4 Embryos and Fetuses; 18.5.5 Prisoners; 18.5.6 Mentally Ill and Disabled Persons; 18.5.7 Elderly and Terminally Ill Persons; 18.5.8 Military and Government Personnel; 18.5.9 Foreign Nationals
18.6 Social Control of Human Experimentation
18.7 Stem Cell Research

20.1 General
20.2 Definition/Determination of Death: 20.2.1 General; 20.2.2 Bills, Laws and Cases

20.3 Attitudes Toward Death: 20.3.1 General; 20.3.2 Health Personnel; 20.3.3 Family; 20.3.4 Death Education
20.4 Care of the Dying Patient: 20.4.1 General; 20.4.2 Care of Dying Minors
20.5 Prolongation of Life and Euthanasia: 20.5.1 General; 20.5.2 Allowing Minors to Die; 20.5.3 Bills, Laws and Cases; 20.5.4 Living Wills/Advance Directives
20.6 Capital Punishment
20.7 Suicide/Assisted Suicide

Date of Last Revision: July 2008