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2. Informed Consent in Healthcare: What It Is and Why It's Needed

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   In a healthcare setting, informed consent allows you to participate in your own medical care. It enables you to decide which treatments you do or do not want to receive. Also, informed consent ...

3. Patient Self-Determination Act - Wikipedia

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   The Patient Self-Determination Act (PSDA) was passed by the United States Congress in 1990 as an amendment to the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990.Effective on December 1, 1991, this legislation required many hospitals, nursing homes, home health agencies, hospice providers, health maintenance organizations (HMOs), and other health care institutions to provide information about ...

4. Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment - Wikipedia

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   An advance directive is a legal document that allows individuals to share their wishes with their health care team during a future medical emergency. The document does so by designating a guardian that the user wants their medical team to work with (also known as a “surrogate”). Competent individuals above 18 years of age can fill out an ...

5. Surrogate decision-maker - Wikipedia

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   A surrogate decision maker, also known as a health care proxy or as agents, is an advocate for incompetent patients. If a patient is unable to make decisions for themselves about personal care, a surrogate agent must make decisions for them. If there is a durable power of attorney for health care, the agent appointed by that document is ...

6. Making Your Last Wishes Known - WebMD

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   You can obtain free, state-specific, do-it-yourself forms from Partnership for Caring, a nonprofit group that invented the living will in 1967 and counsels people about end-of-life issues. You can ...

7. Palliative Care: What It Is, Examples, Benefits, More

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   Bottom line. Palliative care is a growing field of medicine. It aims to improve the quality of life of people with serious or life-altering illnesses. Each person’s care varies but can involve ...