Advanced directives. In search of self-determination.
Patients are seeking self-determination in health-care through the use of advanced directives. The author discusses advanced directives focusing on patient rights in decision making, autonomy, and the right to refuse life-sustaining treatment. Highlighted is the Patient Self-Determination Act of 1990, including strategies for its implementation in healthcare agencies.
Nursing Services, Youngstown Osteopathic Hospital, OH.
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D016223:Advance Directives / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D006801:Humans; D008020:Life Support Care; D016224:Living Wills; D016743:Mental Competency; D009718:Nurse Administrators; D010358:Patient Participation / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D026684:Personal Autonomy; D016312:Treatment Refusal; D014481:United States; D028761:Withholding Treatment