Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.

In research, groups whose test performance sets the validity criterion for certain tests.  

Measure to establish to judge proficiency, accomplishment, or success. An accepted standard used in making a decision or judgment about something. A standard or attribute for judging a condition or establishing a diagnosis.  

Indicators of a person’s levels of health.  

Predetermined measures against which access, continuity, efficiency, appropriateness, and quality of health education services may be compared. Pre-determined elements of health care against which the necessity, appropriateness or quality of health services may be compared. For example, criteria for appropriate diagnosis of a urinary tract infection may be performance of a urine culture and urinalysis.…

A procedure whereby a person is confined in a mental institution either for a determination of competency to attend trial or after acquittal by reason of insanity.  

Antisocial actions that violate some law. A person manifesting criminal behavior may or may not have a psychiatric condition.  

In law, a proceeding by which a party charged with a crime is brought to trial, convicted, and punished.  

Deliberately precipitated abortion. A term pertaining to abortion by persons untrained, unlicensed, who perform the procedure purely for profit. An abortion which is carried out illegally.  

An act that violates a law.  

A surgical instrument used to make an opening into the trachea through the crico-thyroid membrane.