Annual statements reviewing the status of the administrative and operational functions and accomplishments of an institution or organization.

Control which is exerted by the more stable organizations of society, such as established institutions and the law. They are ordinarily embodied in definite codes, usually written.

Organizations composed of members with common interests and whose professions may be similar.

Committees established by professional societies, health facilities, or other institutions to consider decisions that have bioethical implications. The role of these committees may include consultation, education, mediation, and/or review of policies and practices. Committees that consider the ethical dimensions of patient care are ETHICS COMMITTEES, CLINICAL; committees established to protect the welfare of research subjects are ETHICS COMMITTEES, RESEARCH.

The planning and managing of programs, services, and resources.

A person who has not attained the age at which full civil rights are accorded.

Reporting to parents or guardians about care to be provided to a minor (MINORS).

A voluntary organization concerned with the prevention and treatment of cancer through education and research.

Organized efforts to insure obedience to the laws of a community.

The intentional infliction of physical or mental suffering upon an individual or individuals, including the torture of animals.

Women who allow themselves to be impregnated with the understanding that the offspring are to be given over to the parents who have commissioned the surrogate.

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 heading.

A course or method of action selected, usually by an organization, institution, university, society, etc., from among alternatives to guide and determine present and future decisions and positions on matters of public interest or social concern. It does not include internal policy relating to organization and administration within the corporate body, for which ORGANIZATION AND ADMINISTRATION is available.

An agency of the UNITED STATES PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE that conducts and supports programs for the prevention and control of disease and provides consultation and assistance to health departments and other countries.

The privacy of information and its protection against unauthorized disclosure.

The systems and processes involved in the establishment, support, management, and operation of registers, e.g., disease registers.

All deaths reported in a given population.

Recording of pertinent information concerning patient's illness or illnesses.

The frequency of different ages or age groups in a given population. The distribution may refer to either how many or what proportion of the group. The population is usually patients with a specific disease but the concept is not restricted to humans and is not restricted to medicine.

The number of males and females in a given population. The distribution may refer to how many men or women or what proportion of either in the group. The population is usually patients with a specific disease but the concept is not restricted to humans and is not restricted to medicine.

The number of new cases of a given disease during a given period in a specified population. It also is used for the rate at which new events occur in a defined population. It is differentiated from PREVALENCE, which refers to all cases, new or old, in the population at a given time.

Factors which produce cessation of all vital bodily functions. They can be analyzed from an epidemiologic viewpoint.

New abnormal growth of tissue. Malignant neoplasms show a greater degree of anaplasia and have the properties of invasion and metastasis, compared to benign neoplasms.