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Public Health Policy Project

Subject headings

The subject headings listed below have been reviewed by a librarian and determined to be the most appropriate term for the concept. Subject headings return results about a specific subject and can be found in all EBSCO and ProQuest databases. You may need to combine multiple subject headings in order to fully capture your research subject. For assistance, contact Robert Krzanowski at rkrzanowski@carrollcc.edu or the reference desk at ref_desk@carrollcc.edu

Subject headings

Health Data Privacy

Right of privacy

Data protection laws 

Electronic health records

Reproductive rights

Reproductive rights

Reproductive rights -- Law and legislation

Sexual rights

Women's rights

Birth control

Abortion

Abortion laws

Telehealth

Telemedicine

Telemedicine laws

Digital health

Mobile health

Health services price/billing transparency 

Medical care costs

Drug prices

Health policies

Disclosure

Organizational transparency

Artificial intelligence in healthcare

There has not yet been a single established heading to cover this topic, so it is recommended that you combine the subject heading Artificial intelligence (or a similar topic such as machine learning or deep learning, as your interests dictate) with another subject heading such as:

Medical care

Medical personnel

Diagnoses

Prescription drug costs 

Drug prices

Drug price laws

Medical care costs

Generic drugs

Cost control

Genetic testing

Genetic testing

Genetic disorders

Diagnosis

Organ transplantation

Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc.

Xenotransplantation

Complications from organ transplantation

Allocation of organs, tissues, etc.

Organ transplants and ethics

Prenatal substance abuse

Substance abuse in pregnancy

Fetal alcohol syndrome

Prison health services 

Prisoners' health

Women prisoners' health

Mental health of prisoners

Mental health of women prisoners

Mental health of prisoners services

Medical care of prisoners